RE: [Exim] secondary MX problem

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Author: Thomas Kinghorn
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To: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: RE: [Exim] secondary MX problem
Retry time has exceeded numerous times.
No further messages appearing in mainlog.


-----Original Message-----
From: Nico Erfurth [mailto:masta@perlgolf.de]
Sent: 02 December 2002 05:10
To: Thomas Kinghorn
Cc: 'exim-users@???'
Subject: Re: [Exim] secondary MX problem


Thomas Kinghorn wrote:
> 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.



Ok, to be serious now, this retry rule means, that the message will be
retried for 2h, every 15 minutes. Are these 15 minutes elapsed?
Otherwise exim will not send the message, this prevents you from trying
to send the message all the time.

ciao