On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Pengar Enterprises Inc. & Shire.Net LLC wrote:
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> These messages came back within a minute of sending an initial message to
> the address. How come it doesn't age the failures anymore and keep on
> trying? It just gives up after the first check?
Probably because the retry database indicates that the site has been
re-tryed many times in the past, and just isn't working. So Exim tries
one more time, and bounces it.
Very good for site who hate mail to crappy sites clogging their queue.
Bad for sites that can't keep their mail server running.
> thanks
> Chad
>
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> Chad Leigh Pengar Enterprises, Inc and Shire.Net
> chad@??? info@??? info@???
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Tom
