Re: [EXIM] retry issues (1.92 and 2.01)

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Alan Thew
CC: Exim List
Subject: Re: [EXIM] retry issues (1.92 and 2.01)
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Alan Thew wrote:

> I have a periodically connected machine (fixed IP, ISDN) that one of our
> exim machines delivers to, the retry rule I have is
>
> machine.liv.ac.uk  *           F,20d,1d

>
> and exim is started with -q1h
>
> Recently this machine was down for over 2 weeks and mail was timed out
> after about 10 days, what have I done wrong here or is this a bug?


Presumably that retry rule comes early enough in your rules to prevent
any other rule from matching? Do you have any rules with a time limit of
10 days?

If it is a bug, it is going to be difficult to track down!

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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