On Sun, 13 May 2001, Daniel Einspanjer wrote:
> Retry rule: * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h;
>
> Again, sometimes, it tries the first two MX records one right after
the other then immediately fails (without trying the third) and other
times, it will try the first two, wait an hour, try again, and after
several rounds of trying each hour on the hour, it will eventually try
the third and succeed.
How often do you start queue runners? It is once an hour?
The kind of behaviour you describe is perfectly possible, because Exim
will be keeping independent retry times for all three hosts. Therefore,
it is quite possible that for any particular delivery run, the retry
times for the first two hosts have arrived, but the third host's retry
time has not.
You can look at the retry information by using the exinext utility.
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