[Mailman-Users] bounces

[Barry Finkel]

>In SMTP 4.y.z DSNs are "temporary" errors.  They could be caused by a 
>spam filter over loaded, or the system shutting down, or...
>
>> i'm assuming it's retried by the mta. the settings in mailman clearly 
>> state that it should be discarded right away...
>
>The 4.y.z should be seen as an invitation for the SMTP server to try 
>sending the message again at a later time.
>
>The MTA will eventually time out the message and generate a permanent error.

I assume that there will be a warning message sent back to the "sender"
after the mail has been queued for a few hours (we have in Postfix
"delay_warning_time = 8").  I assume that the warning message will
be sent to the list -bounces address, and that Mailman will process
this warning correctly.
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Barry S. Finkel
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