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mail delivery failed, adding to delay queue - why?

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From: Marc CR Bouron
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 00:00

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Hi Folks,

I've noticed that I get a number of emails (my wife does, actually - from a
mail list) which don't quite make it to the nos\spool\mail directory along
with all the rest.  As it arrives, I get a message saying that the delivery
has failed and it is being added to the delay queue (whatever that is).  They
actually get put in the mqueue (outgoing) directory.

First of all, why might they not be delivered in the first place?  Is it
perhaps the volume of traffic from the mail list makes the incoming mailbox
busy?  That's my only guess; perhaps someone might elucidate.

Second, can I restore them so that they are incoming again?  Would it be OK
simply to append them to the incoming mailbox file?

BTW, I'm using NOS 0.45.

Cheers,

[M][a][r][c]

-- 
     Marc CR Bouron  --  marc@lobotomy.demon.co.uk  --  Bracknell, England
             also at: http://www.lobotomy.demon.co.uk/marc.htm
   "Give me another three brain cells, and I could be *really* dangerous..."

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