Re: Emails on the servers

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From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:00

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In article <XItXhEA$5JF3Ew$q@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk>,
	Paul Richards <Paul@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Hi,
> I've (finally) managed to set up a dual-boot system where Win95 and
> Linux both have separate email addresses.  But now 'cos I'm using POP3
> to collect mail going to say "a", "b", "c", and "d" email's going to say
> "e" aren't getting collected at all.  Usually by SMTP these would get
> collected and filed as dead-letter.  How long will they last on the
> server before getting automatically deleted or will I have to
> periodically delete them myself?

  IIRC about a month.  But the senders will get bounce messages,
so you may want to consider whether you are happy about that.

  They will also get 'trying to deliver' messages at various points
during this time.

  Regards,
     Harry.

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