Re: [Exim] timeout_frozen_after and

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 12:03, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On 16 Jun 2003, Paul Warren wrote:
>
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > lowest numbered MX record points to local host: 6abc.com
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > == 6a@??? R=lookuphost defer (-1): lowest numbered MX record
> > points to local host
> > LOG: 0 MAIN
> > Frozen
> >
> > It seems that all messages in this state are frozen with either the
> > above message, or remote host is local host.
> >
> > (The lowest MX for that domain is indeed 127.0.0.1, and other messages
> > were addressed to our machine by hostname, rather than by a domain that
> > we host)
>
> Have you not got
>
> ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
>
> in your dnslookup router? That should cause the routing to fail.

I'll try that. Unfortunately that won't fix the case where a message is
address to our machine, but not to a domain which we host, which is
happening occasionally.

> > Is there a good reason why these messages are exempt from the
> > "timeout_frozen_after" handling?
>
> Probably because it is the routing rather than the delivery that is
> failing.

I see.

Paul