Re: Just to confirm...

On Dec 18, 2007 10:40 AM, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Heyes wrote: > > Daniel Brown wrote: > >> On Dec 18, 2007 10:17 AM, Richard Heyes <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote: > >>> Emails that bounce get sent back to the address in the Return-Path: > >>> header. Correct? > >> > >> Yes, sir. > > > > Thanks. Is there usually a delay? Eg the mail server tries again after 4 > > hours. > > Depends on the nature of the failure. Some will cause a bounce to be > generated immediately. Others will cause delivery to be retried > periodically for a while and then generate a bounce. Some mail servers > generate delivery delay warnings (usually after 4 hours). It should also be mentioned that it's a user-configurable parameter, at the admin's discretion. You could have a bounce retry in as little as a minute, with (as far as I know) no maximum delay. -- Daniel P. Brown [Phone Numbers Go Here!] [They're Hidden From View!] If at first you don't succeed, stick to what you know best so that you can make enough money to pay someone else to do it for you.