Re: [Exim] Copy every incomming Mail to a backup server

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Oliver Egginger
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Copy every incomming Mail to a backup server
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Oliver Egginger wrote:

> Unhappily Exim doesn't support a retry mechanism for shadow transports.


Shadow transports are very much a bolt-on lash-up. They were added at
version 1.890 with the following comment:

39. Added local shadow transports - somewhat experimental.

I think they are still "somewhat experimental". They were never intended
for use as "real" deliveries.

> Will Exim4 support a retry mechanism for shadow transports ?


No. I get the feeling that the whole topic needs some thought and a
re-consideration of what people actually need. This certainly won't
happen in a hurry.

In the meantime, have you tried "unseen" routing/directing as an
alternative approach? You should get retries there.

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