On 11/7/12 6:37 PM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: > On 11/07/2012 10:03 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: >>> Non-deliverable mail is returned to sender when either the remote >>> server gives a 5xx "undeliverable" response, or $max_queue_lifetime >>> expires. >>> >>> Undelivered mail will hang around in the queue if the remote server >>> gives a 4xx "retry" response, or the remote server exists but is >>> unreachable, or if you've set soft_bounce=yes. So which is it? >> Oh, thanks! So if I set $max_queue_lifetime lower, then it should clear >> out those 4xx bounces? What about unreachable target servers? >> > > Noel asked you which of the possible reasons he listed causes your queue > to fill up. > 4xx are not bounces - they are deferrals, which are then queued.
Well, it's actually both. I have both deferrals and unreachable servers. It's not soft_bounce, though. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
