[Exim] secondary MX problem

When i kill the pid on the primary, the mail is queued on the secondary..


R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host

retry is F, 2h, 15m.


This retry is not working, mail is still queued.


when i initiate exim -qff, the mail is delivered.


What could be causing the retry to fail???

any ideas?

Thanks for all the previous assistance guys.

Regards

Tom