Re: [EXIM] retry-database and tempfailures

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Hans Morten Kind
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] retry-database and tempfailures
On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Hans Morten Kind wrote:

> > I suppose the only thing that could be done would be to keep a database
> > of hosts for which 421 errors had been received, and to delay retrying
> > if too many were received in a given interval, or some rule like that.
>
> Like «putting it onto the Wishlist»?


It's been on the "infelicities list" for some time now.

> Urk, did I mention that 422 replies are also received on full disk?


Exim does not try to be clever with replies. It looks only at the first
digit.

> > That is obviously a non-trivial bit of work.
>
> Yeah! But you certainly will be able to make it!


I'm flattered. :-)

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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