Re: [Exim] delay_after_cutoff

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: V. T. Mueller
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] delay_after_cutoff
On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, V. T. Mueller wrote:

> The behaviour did not change. I browsed the FAQ and generated a mail using
> -odq, fired it up using -M . Guess what- the bouncemail again.


That is odd and should not happen. -M should override all retry
checking. Did you try with -M -d9? If so, send me the stderr output for
checking.

> So here I am. How can I make exim reset that bloody retry counter? ;)
> I read about rm spool/db/retry* in the list archive, but I guess this
> can't be the 'official' treatment for this problem(?).


-M should certainly do it. Otherwise, you can play around with
exim_fixdb, to remove an individual retry record, but it ain't a neat
process.

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