Re: [EXIM] -R does not refresh retry database

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Author: Tony Earnshaw
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Exim List
Subject: Re: [EXIM] -R does not refresh retry database
Philip Hazel wrote:

> > The A record can vary since the final host is a dialup machine.


> Aarrgghh!! Exim's retry database is keyed by host name + IP address so
> that it can avoid bad IP addresses on multihomed hosts. If the IP
> address keeps changing, then it isn't going to work.


> There would appear to be no correct way to handle this.


There's a very good way, in fact. The respective client asks his ISP for
a permanent IP number. This normally costs UKP 7:00 here for the ISPs
who don't normally work with permanent IP numbers. More respectable ISPs
work with permanent numbers anyway and often offer better services.

Tony

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