Re: [Exim] retry and fail

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Andrew
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] retry and fail
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Andrew wrote:

> I have a seperate outgoing exim configuration that I use to attempt
> delivery once only (for addresses I think will fail), then fail totally
> (no retry)....
>
> In my "begin retry" section I have the following -
> *                      *

>
> I have also tried
> *                      *            F,30m,15m

>
> But neither seems to fail, just "freeze" the message. How do I make it
> so that if the message can't be delivered it gets bounced back to sender
> (which in every case has a valid address) - instead of remaining frozen?
> (I read the online docs, but am still unsure :( )


If you have no retry data at all, messages should be bounced after the
first failure. *Why* is it freezing your messages? What does it say in
the log?

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