A simple question

[Glenn Steen]

On 13/06/07, Gareth <list-mailscanner at linguaphone.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 12:14, Alexandros Fragkiadakis wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > when postfix tries to send an email to a remote smtp server and if this
> > server is not online, postfix defers the mail. How long does it try to
> > communicate with that remote server?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> The default is to keep retrying for about 3-4 days however you can
> change the time in the configuration file.
>
Yes, if there is a complete failure:-). Again, OP should check his
config (and read the man page:-).

Cheers
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