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diff --git a/ingress/README.md b/ingress/README.md index d4a8338..e9c5295 100644 --- a/ingress/README.md +++ b/ingress/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ This service receives an envelope over the Nym mixnet and delivers the already encrypted YAMN packet to an allowlisted SMTP entry through Tor. +Transient Tor connection failures are retried three times with bounded +backoff before the SMTP transaction begins. Errors after SMTP commands start +are not retried automatically because the remote acceptance state may be +ambiguous. + The Nym address is generated by the persistent client identity and printed at startup. It must be copied to `YAMN_NYM_RECIPIENT` on the sending web service. |