On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>
> > >From your two questions, it appears you didn't receive my entire message.
> > My previous message has the exim version (3.12) and has details discussing
> > my usage of ignore_errmsg_errors_after.
>
> I'm sure I saw it on the list, but, I'm sorry, there are so many
> postings these days that I can't always remember what the details of all
> the threads are/were. My memory is not what it used to be, sadly.
Funny! The information was in the exact email you replied to. I guess
this shows how busy you really are :)
I really appreciate your work on Exim.
> There were some changes to the way ignore_errmsg_errors_after works that
> were made after 3.12 because previously it didn't always do what people
> expected. Perhaps your best bet is first to upgrade to the 3.22 release.
Before I upgrade, let me share two examples. (I am using a Debian
package, so I may just wait for the Exim 3.22 debian version.) A part of
my exim.conf is also below.
> > If a message is expired using "ignore_errmsg_errors[_after]" is there a
> > specific logged message (that corresponds to
> > "ignore_errmsg_errors[_after]")?
>
> For both ignore_errmsg_errors and ignore_errmsg_errors_after, when the
> error is ignored, a log line containing "error ignored" is written.
Thanks! Okay I see this today. Here is example #1:
2001-02-13 06:36:18 14R8Yj-00010K-00 mail4.cheetahfast.org
[202.181.196.126]: Connection timed out
2001-02-13 06:38:01 14R8Yj-00010K-00 Spool file is locked
2001-02-13 06:40:01 14R8Yj-00010K-00 Spool file is locked
2001-02-13 06:48:19 14R8Yj-00010K-00 Spool file is locked
2001-02-13 06:49:27 14R8Yj-00010K-00 mail.cheetahfast.org
[202.181.196.120]: Connection timed out
2001-02-13 06:57:23 14R8Yj-00010K-00 Spool file is locked
2001-02-13 07:02:36 14R8Yj-00010K-00 mail2.cheetahfast.org
[202.181.196.123]: Connection timed out
2001-02-13 07:02:36 14R8Yj-00010K-00 == knealy2@???
T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out
2001-02-13 07:02:36 14R8Yj-00010K-00 ** knealy2@???: retry
timeout exceeded
2001-02-13 07:02:36 14R8Yj-00010K-00 knealy2@???: error
ignored
2001-02-13 07:02:36 14R8Yj-00010K-00 Completed
Two days ago it was in my mailq:
51h 9.3K 14R8Yj-00010K-00 <>
knealy2@???
(I don't want it in the queue this long!)
I have had a bunch of log messages like:
2001-02-12 11:08:06 14R8Yj-00010K-00 == knealy2@???
T=remote_smtp defer (111): Connection refused
2001-02-12 11:09:49 14R8Yj-00010K-00 == knealy2@???
T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host
and:
2001-02-09 02:39:22 14R8Yj-00010K-00 == knealy2@???
T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host
2001-02-09 03:21:11 14R8Yj-00010K-00 Spool file is locked
2001-02-09 03:22:28 14R8Yj-00010K-00 mail.cheetahfast.org
[64.27.94.160]: Connection timed out
I can't seem to find where it originated though. But from looking at the
mailq (where it says <>) I guess it is a bounce message that keeps
retrying.
Here is example #2:
2001-02-12 23:09:54 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 Message is frozen
2001-02-12 23:38:03 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 Unfrozen by auto-thaw
2001-02-12 23:38:04 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 ** golfwhiz99@???
R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
TO:<golfwhiz99@???>: host mc4.law5.hotmail.com [216.33.151.136]:
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
2001-02-12 23:38:04 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 ** golfwhiz99@???:
message retry timeout exceeded
2001-02-12 23:38:04 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 golfwhiz99@???: error ignored
2001-02-12 23:38:04 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 Completed
This was in my mailq on the 11th:
70h 3.3K 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 <> *** frozen ***
golfwhiz99@???
(I don't want it to be in the queue for 70 hours!)
I think this is when it originated:
2001-02-08 05:04:31 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 <= <> R=14QqkQ-0007Ux-00
U=mail P=local S=3390
2001-02-08 05:04:36 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 ** golfwhiz99@??? R=lookuphost
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
TO:<golfwhiz99@???>: host mail.hotmail.com [216.33.151.135]:
550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
2001-02-08 05:04:36 14QqkR-0007Uz-00 Frozen (delivery error message)
(I think it is replying back to a spam message.)
My exim configuration has:
## delivery attempted on frozen messages if 8 hours old
auto_thaw = 8h
## 17/Jan/2001 reed -- don't try to send undeliverable bounce messages
# EXim FAQ #Q0508
ignore_errmsg_errors_after = 12h
And my retry configuration:
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
My question is: how can I get messages like this to get "error ignored"
and "Completed" earlier? (Or why are they staying the queue for so many
days? I don't want to continue retrying to send bounce messages for more
than one day.
Thanks again for exim ... and your assistance.
Jeremy C. Reed
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