How to retrieve email from mxbackup.gradwell.net

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Getting Started

MXBackup is a popular service for users who have their own mail server, if your mail server is unavailable we will store your email for you and re-deliver it when your server comes back online.

This procedure is automated and the schedule is based on QMail's own internal retry schedule, the table below gives a retry schedule based on each message received by mxbackup.gradwell.net

Delivery Attempt	Seconds	D-HH:MM:SS
1	0	0-00:00:00
2	400	0-00:06:40
3	1600	0-00:26:40
4	3600	0-01:00:00
5	6400	0-01:46:40
6	10000	0-02:46:40
7	14400	0-04:00:00
8	19600	0-05:26:40
9	25600	0-07:06:40
10	32400	0-09:00:00
11	40000	0-11:06:40
12	48400	0-13:26:40
13	57600	0-16:00:00
14	67600	0-18:46:40
15	78400	0-21:46:40
16	90000	1-01:00:00
17	102400	1-04:26:40
18	115600	1-08:06:40
19	129600	1-12:00:00
20	144400	1-16:06:40
21	160000	1-20:26:40
22	176400	2-01:00:00
23	193600	2-05:46:40
24	211600	2-10:46:40
25	230400	2-16:00:00
26	250000	2-21:26:40
27	270400	3-03:06:40
28	291600	3-09:00:00
29	313600	3-15:06:40
30	336400	3-21:26:40
31	360000	4-04:00:00
32	384400	4-10:46:40
33	409600	4-17:46:40
34	435600	5-01:00:00
35	462400	5-08:26:40
36	490000	5-16:06:40
37	518400	6-00:00:00
38	547600	6-08:06:40
39	577600	6-16:26:40
40	608400	7-01:00:00

Advanced Settings and Troubleshooting

If you require a technical overview of how this service works, and information of the servers involved which store your mail please refer to our technical document in our Email Wiki.

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