Re: [Exim] What happens to a mail if the transfer times out?

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Author: Matthew Byng-Maddick
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [Exim] What happens to a mail if the transfer times out?
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 04:42:07PM +0000, Drav Sloan wrote:
> Asbjørn Høiland Aarrestad wrote:
> > What happens if the line drops / gets too much load during a mailtransfer,
> > and the mail is not completely transferred? Will the mail be marked as
> > "not transferred" and tried to deliver once more, or will it just be lost
> > in the big dark net?
> Depends on the mailserver. As a rule I'd say it'd treat it as
> undelivered and try again later.


Anything that doesn't is not speaking (E)SMTP, and thust doesn't count
as a mail server.

MBM

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