[Leaplist] problem mailing kernel ooops's out ....

[Phil Barnett]

On 06/23/2009 04:15 PM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>
> I just didn't know if it would wait until I was back online to send 
> them along. For that matter, how does it know when I am back online 
> (i.e. connected to the internet) ? I have a LAN w/ my modem/router 
> connected through a Netgear SOHO 8-port gigabit switch w/ 5 other 
> machines on there, along w/ the modem-router, does it (sendmail on my 
> box) sit there & ping out occasionally to see if it can send out now ? 
> TIA ....
>
All mail hosts try to deliver mail for 7 days (by default) and then give 
up and send it back to the sender.

Each mail host does this a different way, but it's something like. Try 
in half hour. Try again in one hour. Try again in 3 hours. Try again in 
6 hours. Try again in 12 hours. Try each day for several days. I can't 
tell you the specifics but that's the idea.


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