Amira Othman wrote: >I have configure policyd with postfix but I want to understand what >happens to message after policy is applied on (for example it's >action is defer or hold). Does the message go back to postfix queue >to be resend or it's just not sent and the client has to manually >resend it
I don't know what hold does, but defer means that Postfix will respond to the client with a 4xx code meaning temporary failure. This will defer accepting the message and the client should re-attempt delivery later. The retry policy used is entirely down to the client (and it's administrator) - it's covered by section 4.5.4.1 in RFC 5321 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321 Hmm, having checked, documentation on how Postfix intercts with a policy server is here : http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html It references a separate document for the actions available : http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html It says of the action "Hold" : >Place the message on the hold queue, where it will sit until >someone either deletes it or releases it for delivery. So it sounds like it means Postfix would accept the message but put it on hold pending human intervention. -- Simon Hobson Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.policyd.org/mailman/listinfo/users
