In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sander Holthaus wrote: > >> A tempfail is not a disaster in most scenarios. You may not be able to >> receive mail until it is fixed, but you still get the mail after it is >> fixed. > >I think that attitude works fine in trivially small email environments. > >I don't think it works at all in environments where you've got an >enterprise email system in a mission critical environment, where having >an email delayed significantly can have financial implications. If having an email delayed causes significant financial implications, you've got more serious underlying issues. SMTP is a best-effort process, there is absolutely no guarantee of delivery at all, let alone timely delivery. -- Dave Warren, MSN Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: (403) 770-6140 Cell: (403) 690-3140 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
