[Exim] a little confused about exim_tidydb

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Author: Bruce Bowler
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Subject: [Exim] a little confused about exim_tidydb
According to the documentation on the exim web site, I think I should be
able to do

    exim_tidydb -f /path/to/spool retry


and end up with an essentially empty retry database (quoting the docs "The
`-f' option can also be used for the retry database; it causes the removal
of any retry records for specific messages if those messages no longer exist.")

so why does the following happen

$ exim -bp
  4d  1.0K 12QwIQ-00063i-00 <user@???>
         D user@???
           user@???


  3d  2.7K 12RD5v-0007TE-00 <user@???>
           user@???


18h  1.3K 12S5F2-0001QA-00 <user@???>
           user@???


59m  1.1K 12SLIu-0001Ti-00 <user@???>
         D user@???
           user@???


$ exim_tidydb -f /path/to/spool retry
$ exim_dumpdb /path/to/spool retry
{lots of stuff snipped}
02-Mar-2000 15:12:21 03-Mar-2000 01:34:16 03-Mar-2000 06:04:16
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.223 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 12:41:35 03-Mar-2000 00:48:28 03-Mar-2000 03:48:28
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.215 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 13:12:56 02-Mar-2000 23:00:22 03-Mar-2000 03:30:22
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.145 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 12:41:35 03-Mar-2000 00:34:08 03-Mar-2000 03:34:08
T:zc.mx.aol.com:152.163.224.68 61 77 Connection refused
21-Feb-2000 14:47:41 21-Feb-2000 14:47:41 21-Feb-2000 15:02:41
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.230 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 15:12:21 02-Mar-2000 20:34:07 02-Mar-2000 22:34:07
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.86 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 14:14:06 02-Mar-2000 23:20:21 03-Mar-2000 02:20:21
T:gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us:198.182.162.70 60 77 Connection timed out
29-Feb-2000 09:33:32 29-Feb-2000 09:33:32 29-Feb-2000 09:48:32
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.146 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 12:15:35 03-Mar-2000 00:34:08 03-Mar-2000 03:34:08
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.240 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 15:06:43 02-Mar-2000 21:37:07 03-Mar-2000 00:37:07
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.213 60 77 Connection timed out
09-Feb-2000 14:56:38 02-Mar-2000 22:49:13 03-Mar-2000 06:49:13 *
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.221 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 13:41:35 03-Mar-2000 02:00:53 03-Mar-2000 04:00:53
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.249 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 12:41:35 03-Mar-2000 03:14:22 03-Mar-2000 07:44:22
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.229 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 15:55:37 03-Mar-2000 02:18:26 03-Mar-2000 06:48:26
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.226 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 22:49:13 03-Mar-2000 01:34:16 03-Mar-2000 03:34:16
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.214 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 14:41:36 03-Mar-2000 00:15:22 03-Mar-2000 03:15:22
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.144 -19 77 Remote host mx2.mail.yahoo.com
[128.11.68.144] closed connection after initial connection
02-Mar-2000 15:55:37 03-Mar-2000 00:48:28 03-Mar-2000 03:48:28
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.223 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 22:16:43 03-Mar-2000 00:05:23 03-Mar-2000 00:20:23
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.217 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 20:17:51 03-Mar-2000 02:00:53 03-Mar-2000 05:00:53
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.147 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 14:41:36 03-Mar-2000 00:34:08 03-Mar-2000 05:04:08
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.23.241 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 12:41:35 03-Mar-2000 03:14:22 03-Mar-2000 09:59:22
T:mx2.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.95 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 15:06:43 03-Mar-2000 02:29:42 03-Mar-2000 06:59:42
T:mx1.mail.yahoo.com:128.11.68.97 60 77 Connection timed out
02-Mar-2000 18:39:06 03-Mar-2000 01:03:39 03-Mar-2000 04:03:39

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