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In general, when the server is unable to deliver a message, the MTA places it into a queue, and attempts delivery periodically which is configurable. In general an email will remain in the queue for several days (postfix default is 5 days). On Thursday 26 May 2005 11:29 am, Howard wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to fix the problem of a particular email bouncing > back. I'm using AIX v5.1. I thought I had found the issue but, > apparently, it's still trying to deliver. For the particular > address in question, there was a .forward file out there for > this user. I thought I had deleted the user then, found that > the directory was still there, with the .forward in tact. I > deleted this file. One of my questions are the server attempted > to send the file on 5/23 and, I just deleted this file > yesterday. Would it still keep trying to this email until it > exhausts itself? Or, what? -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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