What happens when limit for outgoing mail is reached?

[Thomas Becker]

Hello,
In the documentation for Plesk 12 there is no information on what is happening if the limit for outgoing mail is reached.

If there is a limit of 50 mails per hour on a mail account and someone is trying to send 60 mails in one hour, what does happen with these 10 mails over limit?
1. Are there send 50 mails and the rest of 10 mails are deleted and will never be sent?
2. Or are these 10 mails sent later?
3. Can there be sent more mails in the next hour or is the mail account now blocked for sending mails?

Thanks for help and I recommend updating the documentation.

Regards
Thomas

 

[Nikolay.]

"Hour" is rolling, so it's possible to send mails provided total number of mails sent during one hour window ending at "now" is below the limit.

Whether mails are lost or not depends on the mail client used to send them. Most clients will attempt to resend mail later or immediately notify user about the issue.