Re: [Assp-user] What happens to emails when the destination MTA is offline

[Rob E. <ell...@gm...>]

On 2/15/2017 2:04 PM, James Moe wrote:
> On 02/15/2017 07:23 AM, Rob Ellsworth wrote:
>> I'm looking to perform maintenance on our primary mail system, and the
>> maintenance window is going to be a lengthy one.
>>
>    What is "lengthy"?
>    As noted ASSP is a not mail server. If it cannot connect to its target
> server, it drops the connection.
>    The sending MTA should queue and re-send the mail at regular
> intervals, usually four hours, for up to 3 days (actual times depend on
> server configuration), before giving up.
>
Lengthy in this case is only 18 hrs.  I won't be bumping into the limit 
I believe.