• PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What happens when you self host email but your home is offline just as someone tries to send you an email?

    Will their mail bounce? Vanish?

    • Swarfega@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      The sending mail server will keep trying for a period of time. Eventually though it will give up and return the email to the sender with an error message.