On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Jeff Hodge wrote:
> At 06:11 PM 11/7/2001 +0100, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> >On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Jeff Hodge wrote:
> >
> > > How can you tell if a retry rule is working? Are the retries logged
> > > anywhere? I do not think exim is retrying to send to a remote smtp
> that is
> > > down. Do I also need to have a queue runner? I only start exim with
> -bd
> > > option. My retry rules are the default setting.
> > >
> > > * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h
> >
> >exinext <domain> should give you some insight, also exim_dumpdb on the
> >retry database can sched some light.
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> Tamas,
> Thanks for your reply. Here is the output of exinext and the db dump
>
> exinext hilltoppress.com
> Deliver: mail.hilltoppress.com [66.148.140.83] error 110: Connection timed
> out
> first failed: 07-Nov-2001 09:11:11
> last tried: 07-Nov-2001 09:11:11
> next try at: 07-Nov-2001 09:26:11
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> exim_dumpdb /var/spool/exim retry
> T:mail.hilltoppress.com:66.148.140.83 110 77 Connection timed out
> 07-Nov-2001 09:11:11 07-Nov-2001 09:11:11 07-Nov-2001 09:26:11
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> It does not look like exim is trying to resend the message. There is
> nothing in the log files to show that it tried to send the message again.
> Is a queue runner responsible for the retries?
> Thanks for your time.
What time was it that you ran that command?
It should try againat of after 9:26, and yes, only by a queue runner..
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