Re: [Exim] Forcing new MX lookup for messages in queue

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Drew Linsalata
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Forcing new MX lookup for messages in queue
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Drew Linsalata wrote:

> How do we force Exim to run the queue for that domain while also doing a new
> MX lookup for it? We need to push queued mail to the primary MX host at its
> new address.


Exim doesn't save the results of MX lookups. It will always re-route
addresses from scratch each time.

Pick a message that was queued for this host. Force a delivery using -M.
If that succeeds, the next queue runner will deliver the rest.


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