> The only thing I see in the qmail-send logs is quite a few
> "I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection", but the mail seems to
> go through eventually.
>From the FAQ:
Does qmail back off from dead hosts?
Answer: Yes. qmail has three backoff features:
* Each message is automatically retried on a quadratic schedule,
with longer and longer intervals between delivery attempts.
* If a remote host does not respond to two connection attempts
(separated by at least two minutes with no intervening successful
connections), qmail automatically leaves the host alone for an
hour. At the end of the hour it ``slow-starts,'' allowing one
connection through to see whether the host is up.
* Some mailers opportunistically bombard a host with deferred
messages as soon as the host comes back online. qmail does not do
this. Each message waits until the appropriate retry time.
The problem you are seeing is, qmail cannot send to the destination while
you are offline. It 'backs off' when you connect to the net, a while
goes by, qmail tries to send 1, it works, it sends the rest.
Work arounds include:
Try sending a HUP or ALRM to qmail-send
Jeff Palmer
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