"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:27:12 UTC, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:


"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:07:40 UTC, ":::Jerry::::"

wrote:

To were, and from who? I've had mail returned several days
after
sending, in the return info it stated that the (my) server had
attempted 'x' times to deliver but each attempt has failed -
IOW
the
receiving server throws it back to the sending server true,
but
then
what happens if the sending server has been set up to try
again
'x'
times before it returns it to the originator....

A sending server that fails to find an MX record (because the
name
doesn't exist) will generally throw it back straight away. This
is
different to the case where there *is* an MX record (i.e. the
name
is
valid) but there is no mail server actually running.


Did you bother to read what I said before repeating yourself ?....

Well, you obviously didn't...the differences are lost on you.


So do explain why mail can be returned to the sender up to a week
after the mail was sent to a invalid and non existent address......