Lyris User's Guide
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How can I be certain my Email Messages were delivered?
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions
· · DocBots
· · Running Lyris List Manager
· · Email
· · · How can I extend Lyris List Manager with my own programs?
· · · How can I be certain my Email Messages were delivered?
· · · What Email Commands does Lyris List Manager support?
· · · Why does Lyris List Manager not use Sendmail?
· · · How do I subscribe people automatically?
· · Lyris List Manager Administration
· · Web Browsers
· · Usenet Newsgroups
· · International
· · Other FAQ issues
· · Mailing List Features
· · Perl/LCP Toolkit
· · Unix Administration

How can I be certain my Email Messages were delivered?

Lyris List Manager maintains its outgoing mail queue in a database file called "outmail.dbf". If you own a database program, such as Microsoft Access, Paradox or FoxPro, or a program that can view database files, such as Microsoft Excel, you can view the Lyris List Manager mail queue.

Next to each individual message is a record of whether an attempt was made to send the message. If there was, and the message was successfully delivered, the exact date and time of the delivery are recorded. If the message was not successfully delivered, the exact error message (for example, "no such user") is recorded, along with the attempt number. Lyris List Manager will re-attempt to send undelivered mail for three days. Each re-attempt will occur around 1am in the morning.

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