Re: [exim] Retry hint left over after successful delivery

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Author: Martin A. Brooks
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To: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] Retry hint left over after successful delivery
On Tue, June 1, 2010 06:08, W B Hacker wrote:
>> 2. Once the mail has gotten into their system, whether that is delayed
>> or
>> not, it can take up to 2 hours or so for it to show up in mailboxes.
>>
>
> Now THAT is a scandal....

Not really, SMTP makes no guarantee about how long message delivery will
take. If you're relying on your messages reaching the destination inside
a given time window, then SMTP is the wrong protocol to use.





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