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Typically, the first delivery is tried right away (t=0)
If it encounters a temporary failure, qmail-send tries again in 100 seconds (t=100)
If it fails again, the next try is at t=400
Then:
Try # Time (sec) Elapsed since last try 0 0 1 100 1:40 2 400 5:00 3 900 8:20 4 1600 11:40 5 2500 15:00 ... ... ...
The theory is that waiting around for an hour is not a big deal if the message is already old
For remote deliveries, multiply these times by 4
Eventually, qmail-send gives up
It injects a bounce message into the queue
It deletes the original message
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