Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
> I have noticed this in the logs: during a delivery to hotmail exim
> logs a timeout but the delivery is completed (with the same remote
> server). Wouldn't a timeout cause a temporary delivery failure?
It isn't the same, watch the logs carefuly :)
> 2003-01-10 01:55:28 H8H6OG-000BPJ-00 <= abuse@??? H=localhost
> [127.0.0.1] P=asmtp X=TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168 A=plain S=1523
> id=Pine.OSX.4.50.0301100153370.15160-100000@whoknows
> 2003-01-10 01:56:44 H8H6OG-000BPJ-00 mx1.hotmail.com [65.54.252.99]:
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Operation timed out
> 2003-01-10 01:56:45 H8H6OG-000BPJ-00 => xxxxxxx @hotmail.com
> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mx1.hotmail.com [65.54.166.99]
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 2003-01-10 01:56:45 H8H6OG-000BPJ-00 Completed
masta@fastmail ~/hm$ host hotmail.com
hotmail.com has address 64.4.44.7
hotmail.com has address 64.4.53.7
hotmail.com mail is handled (pri=5) by mx4.hotmail.com
hotmail.com mail is handled (pri=5) by mx1.hotmail.com
hotmail.com mail is handled (pri=5) by mx2.hotmail.com
hotmail.com mail is handled (pri=5) by mx3.hotmail.com
masta@fastmail ~/hm$ host mx1.hotmail.com
mx1.hotmail.com has address 65.54.166.99
mx1.hotmail.com has address 65.54.254.129
mx1.hotmail.com has address 65.54.252.99
mx1.hotmail.com resolves to more than one IP-address, exim handles this.
The first host times out, exim tried the next one, and it succeeded.
> danke
Huh, speaking german? ;)
ciao
