On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:58:58PM +0000, Sam wrote:
> Chris Johnson writes:
>
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 12:08:23PM -0300, Eric Dahnke wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > >
> > > With other mailers upon sending a message with a bad domain, the sender
> > > receives a rather quick return message saying that the mailer was unable
> > > to deliver the message, but will continue trying for a predetermined
> > > number of attempts/time.
> > >
> > > Qmail does this, but does not kick a message back to the user telling
> > > them so. Is there a way to configure qmail to send that message.
> >
> > The stock qmail doesn't do it.
>
> It most certainly does. If the DNS returns a temporary failure code, mail
> is held. If DNS returns an authoritative domain not exists error, the mail
> is immediately bounced.
Right, but I think he's looking for the sendmail-type warning that says that
"Your message couldn't be sent for X hours, but I'll keep trying" (or
whatever). qmail doesn't do any warning for temporary DNS errors.
Chris
