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Re: the meaning of a mailsig signature

2004-11-07 05:18:24

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, David Woodhouse wrote:

    4.  What is the intended lifetime for a singature?  For how long is
it supposed to be valid?

The maximum time that mail stays undelivered on peoples queues before
being bounced. Theoretically unbounced but in practice a week or so.

Some large ISPs who deliver email to their users over SMTP keep messages
on their queues for up to a month, to allow for users who dial up
infrequently.

Tony.
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