Does the maximum soft bounce retry setting affect the sent metric?

A soft bounce occurs when the email server rejects an email due to a temporary condition, such as a full inbox. When a soft bounce occurs, the system tries to send the email again until it is either accepted or times out. The timeout is set in Acoustic Campaign. If an email address is soft bouncing but still has more tries left, it will not be included in the sent metric.

Only when all the soft bounce attempts are exhausted, the sent metric is updated to include this address.