bounced emails

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Thursday 26 May 2005 12:38 pm, Howard wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> Also, could it be that it sits on the exchange server and,
> periodically checks the server that initiated the email?  If,
> this makes any sense.  Where can we configure this, within
> sendmail.cf?  If so, what is the paramter=value, is
> configurable?
In general, the way email works is on the sending side, it makes an attempt 
to send. The receiving side can either reject the email outright (no such 
recipient, mailbox full), or the sending side cannot fully connect to the 
receiver, in which case the sending side either allows the email to hand 
around and retry or reject it outright. 
In the case of a forward or alias, the initial receiver may get the message 
but may not be able to forward the email. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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