On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:42:36 -0400, Victor Duchovni <victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 01:13:21PM -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > >>> # /etc/postfix/deferall.regexp >>> /^/ DEFER Please try again during business hours >> >> The sender may get a better error message if you change the above to >> /^/ DEFER 4.3.2 Please try again during business hours >> >> The 4.3.2 suggests your system is down for maintenance and may influence
>> the error the end user sees if they have an MTA that mangles error codes. > > Yes. This said, the OP is setting a poor example. I would advise him > and others to consider other solutions to whatever problem motivates > this policy. The Internet is international and multi time-zone. What > is business hours for one person is night-time for another, and forcing > legitimate mail to queue for hours is counter-productive. Not to mention the whole "eco-friendly" aspect of this idea is merely code word for "we are cheap", since everyone else will have to foot the bill for all of the potential wasted energy and network bandwidth consumed during subsequent retries. Thanks, David
