Re: [Exim] Exim not trying all MXs for a domain

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Author: John Horne
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim not trying all MXs for a domain
On 10-Jun-2002 at 13:01:46 EXIM Users wrote:
> On a server running Exim 3.34 we're seeing issues delivering to a
> particular domain (capgroup.com) where Exim doesn't seem to be trying all
> the available MX records for the domain. There are 14 MXs available for
> this domain, but only the first 5 are being tried and all of these are
> down. The remaining MXs are working fine but Exim never attempts to use
> them.
>

Check the manual for the 'hosts_max_try' option on the smtp transport. It
specifies that by default only 5 MX's will be tried.


Regards,

John.

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