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20 October 2009

Mail Transient Non-Fatal Delivery Errors

If you sent mail to you colleague and you receipt delivery error message like this:

The attached message had transient non-fatal delivery errors

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY - YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE!

This server is configured to automatically retry delivery at configured intervals. Subsequent attempts to deliver this message are pending.

Failed address: user@domain.com

--- Session Transcript ---
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:35: Parsing Message
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:35: From: sender@domain.co.id
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:35: To: user@domain.com
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:35: Subject: FW: Rencana sewa utk Factory Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:35: Message-ID: 07bb61b141d34c77aab6357e0cd846b2@mydomain.com
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:35: MX-record resolution of [domain.com] in progress (DNS Server: 202.152.0.2)...
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:45: * Error: 10 second wait for DNS response exceeded (attempt 1 of 3)
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:45: MX-record resolution of [domain.com] in progress (DNS Server: 202.152.5.36)...
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:55: * Error: 10 second wait for DNS response exceeded (attempt 2 of 3)
Fri 2009-10-16 17:33:55: MX-record resolution of [domain.com] in progress (DNS Server: 202.152.0.2)...
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:06: * Error: 10 second wait for DNS response exceeded (attempt 3 of 3)
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:06: Attempting SMTP connection to [domain.com : 25]
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:06: A-record resolution of [domain.com] in progress (DNS Server: 202.152.0.2)...
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:15: * Error: 10 second wait for DNS response exceeded (attempt 1 of 3)
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:15: Attempting SMTP connection to [domain.com : 25]
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:15: A-record resolution of [domain.com] in progress (DNS Server: 202.152.5.36)...
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:15: Packet from DNS server contained an outdated response
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:25: * Error: 10 second wait for DNS response exceeded (attempt 2 of 3)
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:25: Attempting SMTP connection to [domain.com : 25]
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:25: A-record resolution of [domain.com] in progress (DNS Server: 202.152.0.2)...
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:35: * Error: 10 second wait for DNS response exceeded (attempt 3 of 3)
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:35: This message is 60 minutes old; it has 0 minutes left in this queue
Fri 2009-10-16 17:34:35: Primary queue lifetime exceeded; message placed in retry queue
--- End Transcript ---
: Message contains [1] file attachments

This mean email from you to your colleague has not sent yet but your mail server will try to resend this email until the time of mail server at configured intervals. You don’t have to resend your message.

2 comments:

  1. I have a similar sitiuation my mails r not able to send it tells me
    Packet from DNS server contained an outdated response, the name server reports that its having techinical problem.
    please help.

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  2. My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
    Email Spam Filtering

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