On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 11:10, Philip Hazel wrote: > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Ron McKeating wrote:
>
> > It probably did and I just failed to cut and paste it. But if the bounce
> > message fails why does exim keep trying to deliver it, I thought 550
> > meant permanent failure, surely exim should just chuck it away now ?
>
> It doesn't try to deliver it, it freezes it for your attention because
> there is no sender to whom it can return it. However, if you have set
> auto_thaw, then Exim will try to deliver it again later. My guess is that
> you have set auto_thaw.
>
> If you want it to chuck such failures immediately, set
>
> ignore_bounce_errors_after = 0s
Aha now I see, I have
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
and lo and behold today it has gone.
>
> > PS Merry Christmas, and all the best for the new year Phil.
>
> Thank you. I'll use this as an excuse to say:
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all on exim-users. Thanks for
> your support over the past year and previously (some have been here a
> looong time).
>
> I'll be checking email sporadically over the holiday, but between
> January 5th and January 30th I'll only be looking while I'm at
> Linux.Conf.au and NOT while I'm on vacation. If there are any
> emergencies, I'm sure there are now enough experienced people on this
> list who can cope.
>
> Philip --
Ron McKeating
Senior IT Services Specialist
Internet Services and Software Solutions
Loughborough University
01509 222329
