>> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 12:34:13 -0800
> But when I look at the header of the message he sent, it was actually
> recieved by our mailer the exact time it was bounced. i.e.
>> Received: from 204.191.202.153 [204.191.202.153]
>> by dewey.mindlink.net with smtp (Exim 1.58 #2)
>> id 0ve5Qs-0002yS-00; Sat, 28 Dec 1996 12:32:39 -0800
That is *NOT* "the exact time it was bounced", it is 1m 34s later.
exim can turn a message round in under a second ...
> So I'm a bit confused. Is exim screwing up and confusing this delivery
> attempt with others to the same host or something?
I have persuaded PH10 to change the way this is done.
It used to be the case that if a host is known to be dead, then any message
for that host was rejected as soon as it arrived (i.e. within the second).
I belive that he will now (if suiotable config is set ?) try every message
at least once before rejecting it -- I believe that is why yours has over a
minute's delay -- it has been attempting a delivery and failing -- it may
show up in your logs ...
