Subject: Quick question

From: Shawn Bishop <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 14:05:14 -0800 (PST)

Hi there:

This isn't so much a suggestion is it is a very quick question.

I was just curious as to how often PINE 3.94 cycles in its attempts to
resend email that is initially unable to reach it's destination.  Every
hour, every 2 hours....??

Thanks.

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 07:04:52 +0800 (GMT)

> hour, every 2 hours....??

	Never.

	Once pine (a User Agent) hands over the email to an MTA (Message
Transport Agent), e.g. sendmail, MMDF, PMDF, etc., it is the job
(responsibility) of the MTA to retry delivery.  Normally, the retry
time is set to something around 15minutes with a max. of 72 hours
at each MTA.

	Regards,

		Ed

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From: [email-masked] (Peter Leftwich)
Date: 9 Dec 1996 19:35:32 -0500

Shawn Bishop ([email-masked]) wrote:

I think this has more to do with your University's (or ISP's)
sendmail program settings, and what timeouts they have specified.

For more info, type "man sendmail" - or email your sysadmins  :)

: Hi there:
: 
: This isn't so much a suggestion is it is a very quick question.
: 
: I was just curious as to how often PINE 3.94 cycles in its attempts to
: resend email that is initially unable to reach it's destination.  Every
: hour, every 2 hours....??
: 
: Thanks.
: 
: ************************************************************************
: *      Shawn Bishop, B.Sc.       "May you have the strength of Eagles' *
: *                                 wings, the faith and courage to fly  *
: *      University of Victoria     to new heights, and the wisdom of    *
: *      Department of Physics,     universe to carry you there."        *
: *      P.O. Box 3055,                                                  *
: *      Victoria, B.C.                                                  *
: *      V8W 3P6                   "No bird soars so high as that with   *
: *                                 his own wings."                      *    
: *                                                                      *
: *      Work Phone: Office (250) 721-7732                               *
: *                     Lab (250) 721-8336                               *
: ************************************************************************
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