[Dovecot] Bounce vs. Defer

[Jeff Mitchell]

Hello--

I've noticed that with when using deliver, if there is a 
misconfiguration in my dovecot configuration file, a permissions problem 
on the maildir, etc., deliver will bounce the message.  I'm using 
Postfix, and at some point used Maildrop, and I know that maildrop (and 
I believe also Postfix's virtual transport) instead defer the message if 
there is some kind of fixable problem (like permissions).  Then, when 
the problem is solved, you can flush the queue.

Would it be possible to add a defer option to deliver?  It makes it 
difficult to try out new options or different configurations because if 
you have fairly regular incoming mail, the last thing you want is a ten 
minute period where 20 messages get bounced...

Thanks,
Jeff