On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Alex Sharaz wrote:
> I use exim (1.6x) to deliver mail from our main mailhubs into a persons mailbox
> on aSun4.1.X system. The host in question uses NIS to obtain the appropriate
> user info prior to mail delivery. Occasionally the NIS database becomes
> unavailable for short periods of time and Exim bounces the message it's
> attempting to deliver with an error saying that the userid in question doesn't
> exist.
>
> In actual fact, it it just retried the delivery a few minutes later, it would
> probably get through.
>
> Is there any way of configuring exim to retry the local delivery a number of
> times prior to generating a DR report ?
No, not even the lastest version (1.80).
I am intending to revamp the lookup mechanisms, and one of the issues I
have to tackle is the problems of lookups that can't be done instantly.
This will require pervasive surgery all over Exim, I fear.
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