From: Magnus Bäck (magnusdsek.lth.se)
Date: Sun Jan 01 2006 - 16:20:57 CST

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On Sunday, January 01, 2006 at 23:15 CET,
     LeVA <levaaz.isten.hu> wrote:

> I have a mail which always gets deferred. Now postfix waits 5 days
> before sending me the "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender" mail, and
> deleting the mail from the queue. With which option can I adjust this
> 5 day limit, the 'bounce_queue_lifetime', or with the
> 'maximal_queue_lifetime' (or with another maybe :)?

Is the message a bounce? bounce_queue_lifetime. Else
maximal_queue_lifetime.

> from the log:
> postfix/smtp[7610]: E1477490: to=<_address_>, relay=_host_[_ip_], delay=
> 435490, status=deferred (host _host_[_ip_] refused to talk to me: 554-{mx049}
> Your address is listed as dynamic ...
> postfix/qmgr[452]: E1477490: from=<levaaz.isten.hu>, status=expired, returned
> to sender

The server gives a permanent error code. Why would Postfix defer this
for days instead of bouncing it right away?

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Magnus Bäck
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