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- From: RAS@GV3.CACD.CR.ROCKWELL.COM
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: RE: mail problem
- Message-ID: <930125163322.2200227a@GV3.CACD.CR.ROCKWELL.COM>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:33:22 -0600 (CST)
- Organization: Info-Multinet<==>Vmsnet.Networks.Tcp-Ip.Multinet Gateway
- X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List
- Lines: 60
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- >>
- >>A question about Internet mail and Multinet: Is there any way to set the return
- >>time on old undeliverable mail messages? A user (and a manager) of mine
- >>recently complained about learning 4 days later that his message didn't get
- >>through. He would prefer wait no longer than 24 hours. Is this a user settable
- >>variable?
- >>
- >>Thank You,
- >>Scott Fullner, JPL Navigation
- >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- > In setting the return time as low as one day, you will likely arouse the
- >ire of those who are sending mail to the outer corners of the globe, to eastern
- >europe, south and central america. My users do much such, and it is no uncommon
- >thing for a bit of mail to wait in the queue for 3-4 days awaiting a domain
- >name server for the distant domain to become reachable, or connectivity to the
- >distant host to be realized.
- >
- > So you have two groups to satisfy, those who want their mail to get to the
- >dark corners without them having to try several times, and those who don't
- >want to wait 4 days to find out they misspelled the name of the guy in the
- >next office. Best thing to do is to know how your mail is balanced among the
- >groups. Failing this, lock the concerned parties in a windowless room without
- >food and water and let them resolve the issue for you.
- >-jrf
-
- Some SMTP mailers issue nondelivery messages on a periodic basis. Thus after
- the mail has been in queue for an hour, the sender would receive a message
- similar to:
-
- From: Mailer_Daemon
- To: originating_user
- Subject: RE: subject_line_of_original_message
-
- This message has not been delivered after 1 hour.
-
- The system will keep trying to deliver this message for 48 hours.
- At that time, the message will be returned to you.
-
- Thank you for your patience.
-
- Using nondelivery times of 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36, and 48 hours
- (actually 1/2, 1, and 24 are probably sufficient) would ensure that the
- originator was well aware of the delay in delivery yet allow sufficient
- time for the message to get through a slow link.
-
- Does anyone think a feature of this sort should be included in Multinet?
-
-
-
- Bob Schneider
-
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