From a54cf7a757c6495c4fce65fb270d309ebe4c42fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 22:42:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Tempfail outgoing messages after 5 delivery attempts

---
 src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java                             | 7 +++++++
 src/com/fsck/k9/controller/MessagingController.java | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java
index 9322012c9..88de54e93 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/K9.java
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@ public class K9 extends Application {
      */
     public static final int MAX_ATTACHMENT_DOWNLOAD_SIZE = (128 * 1024 * 1024);
 
+
+    /* How many times should K-9 try to deliver a message before giving up
+     * until the app is killed and restarted
+     */
+
+    public static int MAX_SEND_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+
     /**
      * Max time (in millis) the wake lock will be held for when background sync is happening
      */
diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/controller/MessagingController.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/controller/MessagingController.java
index 8b96d2946..033f22f69 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/controller/MessagingController.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/controller/MessagingController.java
@@ -3011,6 +3011,14 @@ public class MessagingController implements Runnable {
                     if (K9.DEBUG)
                         Log.i(K9.LOG_TAG, "Send count for message " + message.getUid() + " is " + count.get());
 
+                    if (count.incrementAndGet() > K9.MAX_SEND_ATTEMPTS) {
+                        Log.e(K9.LOG_TAG, "Send count for message " + message.getUid() + " can't be delivered after "+ K9.MAX_SEND_ATTEMPTS + " attempts.  Giving up until the user restarts the device");
+                        notifySendTempFailed(account, new MessagingException(message.getSubject()));
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+
+
                     localFolder.fetch(new Message[] { message }, fp, null);
                     try {
                         message.setFlag(Flag.X_SEND_IN_PROGRESS, true);