Re: [Exim] Queue out of order

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Queue out of order
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> Tom Murphy <freyason@???> probably said:
> > Can anyone tell me what the correct value to put in /etc/exim.conf
> > is to make it run the messages chronologically? I have the keyword
> > "queue_run_in_order" on its own line yet people on mailing lists are
> > still complaining about getting replies out of order in conversations.
>
> While not really an answer to your question, SMTP messages are by no
> means guaranteed to arrive in any order.


Indeed. And it may not be your fault either. Get the complainers to send
you the headers from some out of order messages, and see where they got
out of order.

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