Re: [Exim] bogus bounces

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [Exim] bogus bounces
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:31:20AM -0600, Christopher L. Everett wrote:
> It just started doing this. For a couple of days my list server
> wasn't responding until I noticed that exim had crashed on it
> and I restarted Exim.


> When I sent emails to the list server, I get an _immediate_
> bounce message saying "retry time not reached for any host
> after a long failure period". There's something weird about a
> "Long failure period" bounce coming back right away ...


> I am able to send emails through the list server by using
> telnet to port 25 on my list server box, but sending it via
> my main email server, causes the bounce mentioned.


> Any ideas?


Clear the retry databases. Either with exim_tidydb or just remove
eximspool/db/*
             cu andreas