On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 23:40 -0700, tom lee wrote: > hello, > > I checked the doc about the mail relay in postfix and still not > clear about two issues. > > I have mail sending from machine A to machine B, machine B is a relay > server forwarding the email to machine C (target machine). > > I want to make sure there is no emails bouncing back from either > machine B or machine C to machine A. > can it be done? > > If machine C is down, relay machine B will spool all emails till > machine C is up. > what configuration adjustment should I make for relay machine B? > is there a way to adjust the mail holding days in the relay machine B?
Do you want this limit for all mails , or only for mails to machine B ? http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html Look for bounce_queue_lifetime maximal_queue_lifetime > > any help is appreciated. > > Tom
