Re: [Exim] Smarthost only when direct send fails

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Brad Jorsch
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Smarthost only when direct send fails
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Brad Jorsch wrote:

> So, my plan is to send as normal, and if the remote server responds with
> an error then let my ISP deal with them. Is this possible?


Depends on the error. If it's a 5xx error, Exim will bounce the message.
If it's a 4xx error, Exim will pay attention to "fallback_hosts" on the
smtp transport.

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