Re: [Exim] Retry not working as i thought?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: j2
CC: 'Exim-users'
Subject: Re: [Exim] Retry not working as i thought?
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, j2 wrote:

> Well, yes, but since there wasnt anything in the queue at all, i thought all
> new messages to that recipient would be given 4-new-days?


No, it doesn't work like that. If the host has been down for 4 days,
Exim will not hold on to new messages. It will bounce them immediately.

> Even tho i realize
> that it works just like you say it works, since a message to a different
> host get queued as expected. So i gather this is the case of a message to
> that host failing that i havent noticed?


Presumably there was a failure (or failures) previously. Use the exinext
command to find out when the first one was (or grep your logs).

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