On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 04:45, Philip Hazel wrote:
> If you start a queue runner every 15 minutes (a typical configuration)
> then, on average, a queue runner will look at a failing message 7.5
> minutes after it has failed. So a retry time of 5 minutes as opposed to
> 15 minutes will have some effect, but it doesn't mean that Exim will
> "only wait 5mins before trying again".
Right, but if exim fails to send to a server, it won't try to send new
messages to that server until the retry time has passed, right?
While on average, failed messages get looked at 7.5 messages after
failing, new messages should only be queued for 5 mins now instead of
15, yes?
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Dennis Skinner
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BlueFrog Internet
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