How do deferred emails affect delivery metrics?
A deferral happens when the mailbox provider tells your server to try again later. The message enters the retry schedule. If the retries fail after a certain period, the message becomes a soft bounce.
Deferrals do not count as delivered or bounced until the final status is known.
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