[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: OFF TOPIC! by golly..(spam)

KnudsenMJ at aol.com KnudsenMJ at aol.com
Sat Feb 25 15:28:38 EST 2006


 
In a message dated 2/23/06 5:11:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
gene.heskett at verizon.net writes:

>I  know of more than one mail server that imposes a 
>30 second delay in  the connect, and only if they try again after that 
>30 seconds has  expired will the message be accepted for delivery.  That 
>will cut  it 90% right there cause they won't stick around and waste the  
>time.  That's real easy to do in qmail, no idea how hard it is  for other 
>server software though.



Cool, but how do legit emailers deal with this delay?
If they try again 5 or 10 minutes later, does this count as the re-try or  as 
a new attempt, starting the cycle all over again?
--Mike K.
 



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