tom lee:
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote:
> > tom lee:
> >> >
> >> > Postfix WILL send the "delayed mail" notification to the email SENDER.
> >>
> >>
> >> If I set delay_warning_time for 2 day, can I see the to-be-sent mail
> >> in the queue /var/spool/postfix/deferred?
> >>
> >> Another issue is that my sever blocked out-going port 25, it only
> >> allows incoming port 25 in my firewall.
> >> I think no mails will be sent out even after 2 days or default 5 days
> >> for the deferred emails.
> >> Are those emails in the queued will be removed automatically?
> >
> > As required by Internet mail standards, Postfix returns non-deliverable
> > mail to the sender (Postfix can send a copy to $bounce_notice_recipient).
>
> If I set delay_warning_time for 2 days and blocked the outgoing port
> 25, what happened to the to-be-bounced mails?
See next paragraph.
> > When the message can't be delivered to the sender, Postfix can be
> > configured to send it to $2bounce_notice_recipient instead.
>
> The default soft_bounce is no, will it keep the mail queued and never
> return back to the sender?
See above.
Wietse
