>On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Pengar Enterprises Inc. & Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>
>
>...
>> These messages came back within a minute of sending an initial message to
>> the address. How come it doesn't age the failures anymore and keep on
>> trying? It just gives up after the first check?
>
> Probably because the retry database indicates that the site has been
>re-tryed many times in the past, and just isn't working. So Exim tries
>one more time, and bounces it.
>
> Very good for site who hate mail to crappy sites clogging their queue.
>Bad for sites that can't keep their mail server running.
>
Hi Tom
It doesn't even seem to try it one more time. It just sees it marked
"unusable" and doesn't even try. How does one reset something in the retry
database? A quick scan of the various command line params doesn't show
anything.
Here is a sample -d8 dump when sending to a test address.
--
recipients_count=1
Delivery address list:
bortels@???
bortels@???: queued for routing
After directing:
Local addresses:
Remote addresses:
Failed addresses:
Addresses to be routed:
bortels@???
Deferred addresses:
lookuphost router called for bortels@???: dns lookup:
route_domain = pacificnet.net
DNS lookup of pacificnet.net (MX) succeeded
fully qualified name = pacificnet.net
returned hosts:
mail.pacificnet.net 207.171.0.250 0
routed by lookuphost router:
deliver to bortels@???
transport: smtp
host mail.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250] MX=0
>>> Local deliveries >>>
>>> Remote deliveries >>>
smtp transport entered
mail.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250] status = unusable (expired)
all IP addresses skipped or deferred at least one address: all expired
Leaving smtp transport
set_process_info: 26126 1.59 delivering 0w6mni-0006nN-00 (just run smtp for
bortels@???)
LOG: MAIN
** bortels@??? R=lookuphost T=smtp: retry time not reached for
any host after a long failure period
set_process_info: 26126 1.59 tidying up after delivering 0w6mni-0006nN-00
Processing retry items
Succeeded addresses:
Failed addresses:
bortels@???: no retry items
Deferred addresses:
end of retry processing
Debug level set to 8
set_process_info: 26127 1.59 accepting a local non-SMTP message from <>
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