MS wrote...
I think this is totally unfair and unacceptable. This
means that if a
mail
server is having even a slightest bit of downtime (hardware failure,
scheduled
maintenance, whatever) that lasts more than 35 min, then all users of that
mail server lose their mail?!
<Extreme rant mode>
Anyone who runs a mail server in a serious capacity has no business being
down for extended periods of time (well, unless it's a HOBBY of course).
One of the problems mail server admins face, are people who throw up their
own mailserver at home. You don't have gobs of bandwidth, you don't have
multiple backup servers, and you don't have diesel generators and online
UPS. If you don't, you have no business running a public mailserver. Most of
the time I see this it's because someone wants some kinda juvenile bragging
rights about "Ohhh I run a my own K00L server". Geeze. I have seen a few
people who do it for good reason, but, if you run a mail server you need to
be a good net citizen about it.
What does being a good net citizen admin entail? Well, for starters, it
means that you don't expect other mail servers to pick up YOUR SLACK.
</Extreme rant mode>
Anyways.... as I said, once the subscriber list is cleaned up a bit, I'll be
more gracious about the timeout settings for people who run (or have)
unreliable servers.
Jay