[ale] postfix server question

[Chris Ricker]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Matthew Brown wrote:

> I have a postfix server that's behaving oddly - -at least I am not sure
> what to expect of it in this situation.
>  
> 1.    It received an email for a user considered valid according to the
> mysql tables it uses.
> 2.    It is unable to deliver the mail to the local recipient because
> the admin (me!) typed the Maildir without the trailing '/'.
> 3.    It seems to just hold the message for delivery.
>  
> Here's the question:
>  
> How long will it retry before it "times out"?  AND...  What will it do
> with that message?  WIll it drop it or bounce it?

I don't know what you're using as your LDA / how it's configured, but in 
addition to whatever that might be doing, the Postfix maximal_queue_lifetime 
parameter (5 days by default) should apply. After that or whatever other 
limit is hit, it should bounce.

later,
chris