On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Martin Stewart wrote:
> I run a mail server that is secondary MX for a customer. The theory
> is that is their mail will sit with us if their mail system goes down.
>
> As I understand it however our exim will reject incoming mail for
> servers that have been down for a long time. Whereas I would like
> to accept that mail, queue it and eventually deliver it if the retry
> time allows.
I find that paragraph contradictory! "If the retry time allows" is the
opposite of "have been down for a long time", which really means "have
exceeded the maximum retry time".
> I am getting "retry time not reached for any host after a long failure
> period".
Just set a long maximum retry time for that domain. Weeks, months,
however long you are prepared to hang on to it for.
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
