Try removing all the files in the "db" subdirectory under the exim
spool directory.
On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Roger Books wrote:
> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 16:55:40 -0500 (EST)
> From: Roger Books <books@???>
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: [EXIM] drop back to lower MX
>
> I just had an odd case.
>
> On of the groups I deliver for were sending mail to a spot that
> had multiple MX records
>
> fl-arng.ngb.army.mil preference = 10, mail exchanger =rcas-emh1.ngb.army.mil
> fl-arng.ngb.army.mil preference = 20, mail exchanger = ngb-arng.ngb.army.mil
> fl-arng.ngb.army.mil preference = 0, mail exchanger = fl-arng.ngb.army.mil
>
>
> The connection to fl-arng.ngb.army.mil, which was pref 0 died. exim started
> attempting to deliver to rcas-emh1, as it should. This server was not
> set up to accept mail for the person it was being sent to so it came back
> with an unknown user.
>
> All well and good, we now have the connection to fl-arng.ngb.army.mil back
> up. However, exim still wants to deliver to the pref 10 mail server.
> I killed the exim process and restarted it, but it still won't go to the
> pref 0 server.
>
> I am having them remove the extra MX records as if it refuses their
> mail it is rather pointless, however, I would really like to know how
> you can force exim to drop back to the preferred mail exchanger.
>
> Roger
>
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