Re: no reply if host down

Hi

Try, e.g., www4mail@collaborium.org and you will get the
attached file: 
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Dietmar P. Schindler wrote:

> Dear Clement,
> 
> I hope you're well. After quite a while, I have a question again:
> It appears to me that if the target host in my request is down, as it is
> the case with www.w-box.de, www4mail sends no reply at all back to me.
> Moreover, such a request doesn't even affect my quota - a request for
> another site sent after the one to www.w-box.de showed a quota count one
> less than before. Perhaps the response from www.w-box.de is still waited
> for by www4mail - forever queued?
> Could this be so? That would not be an ideal behaviour, for one could be
> tempted to send a request again and again (as I have been).
> 
> Best regards,
> Dietmar
> 


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		<P class=MsoNormal><B>Problem Report</B></P>
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		<p class=MsoNormal>TCP_ERROR </p>
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		<P class=MsoNormal>The system was unable to communicate with the server.</P>
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		<P class=MsoNormal><B>Possible Problem Cause</B></P>
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		<P class=MsoNormal><ul><li>The Web server may be down.</li>
		<li>The Web server may be too busy.</li>
		<li>The Web server may be experiencing other problems, preventing it from responding to clients.</li>
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		<P>Try connecting to this server later.</P>
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