Re: [Exim] Listar and Exim

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Author: Pete Naylor
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To: Ron Brogden
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Listar and Exim
Hi Ron,

Ron Brogden wrote...

> The issue I am running into is that if there is any issue with the Exim
> daemon (i.e. it is not responding or similar temporary issue) Listar exits
> with status EX_TEMPFAIL.
>
> Exim does not (quite possibly due to a configuration issue) honour the
> EX_TEMPFAIL error and instead of re-queuing the message, sends back a note
> to the originating sender including the error and path detail of the failed
> PIPE command.


If you're using the pipe transport, I think you need to look at the
"temp_errors" option. By default, EX_TEMPFAIL should be included, along
with EX_CANTCREAT - but perhaps you've mistakenly changed it from the
default value?

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Pete Naylor