Re: [EXIM] using fallback_hosts with a 5xx result code ?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: James FitzGibbon
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] using fallback_hosts with a 5xx result code ?
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, James FitzGibbon wrote:

> Is there a way to have Exim apply fallback_hosts functionality when the
> result code from the remote end is a 5xx series ?


No.

> Granted, this would re-attempt any remote error through the ISP, which isn't
> an ideal situation, but my concern for the load imposed on their mail server
> is virtually nonexistent....


That's the reason, really. If you get a 5xx error, you really shouldn't
try anything else with that recipient address.

I see your problem, but I'm not at all sure that bodging the rules this
way is the right thing to do.

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



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