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Alison Pruntel says:
> When you view the bounced
> circulation notices, some will bounce back with the subject,
> "Returned mail: Cannot send message within 5 days." The
> transcript says that "the message could not be delivered for
> 5 days. Message will be deleted from queue." Is there any way
> to control the number of days we attempt to deliver the
> e-mail?
Take a look at the message headers on those bounced messages to see
where they have gone. If I recall correctly, most such messages are
generated by mail servers between you and the recipient. The
mail-handling policies of those servers are set by their system
managers, and nothing you can do on your end will change it. If the
mail header indicates that the message left your system and was sent
back from somewhere else, there's not much you can do.
Steve McDonald
steve dot mcdonald at tufts dot edu
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