Hi Wietse, Thanks for the reply.
What about milter_default_action = quarantine ? regards, Roland de Lepper On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > Roland de Lepper: > > smtpd_milters = inet:81.x.x.x:8092 inet:217.x.x.x:8092 > > milter_default_action = tempfail > > milter_connect_timeout = 10s > > > > This works perfectly without any problems. the question raised, what if > the > > connection between the mailserver and location B is down. Is the email > > As documented no mail is delivered after Milter failure. The Postfix > SMTP server will reply with an error status code (4xx) and the > client will have to send the message again. > > The bad alternative is "milter_default_action = accept", which means > that mail will be delivered but not archived. > > If you want both mail delivered AND mail archived, then you need > to use sender_bcc_maps or recipient_bcc_maps to add recipients for > archival purposes. > > Then, Postfix will do the retrying until the message is too old, > at which time it will be returned to the sender. > > Wietse >
