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Re: bouncing mail defaults

From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 12:37:26 CDT


Vernon A. Fort:
> I have just noticed that postfix is bouncing mail immediately when:
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> Host found but no data record of requested type
>
> I thought the default was to defer the message, i.e. try again later.

That may have been the case years ago, but for several years now
Postfix treats it the same as "host not found". After all, the
requested A or MX record does not exist, so there is no point
hammering the server.

> postfix version is 2.0.13.

Same in Postfix 1.1.

        Wietse

> What have I missed?
>
> Andy
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> Vernon A. Fort (Andy)
> Provident Solutions, LLC
> (615) 427-4016 http://www.provident-solutions.com
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