On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Matt Hubbard wrote:
> I've found that "ignore_bounce_errors_after" doesn't appear to work for
> short time periods, e.g. "2h". I see frozen error messages that are 12
> hours and older when this setting is set to "2h".
Please run
exim -d -Mc <message id> 2>/some/file
on such a message and send me the debug output. It should force an
unfreezing, try a delivery, and if this fails hard, delete the message.
NOTE: This feature applies only to hard failures. If your bounce message
is getting temporary errors (connection failed, etc), it is treated like
any other message.
> On a related note, as a potential wish list item. Would it be possible
> to specify "retry rules" by sender (specifically the null sender '<>')?
Noted.
> I have problems with bounce messages that do not get hard errors on
> delivery attempt accumulating on my mail queues. Ideally, I'd like to
> specify retry rules and give up on sending any kind of bounce after a
> certain time period.
Aha! So they aren't hard errors.
The workaround is a router like this:
lose_bounces:
driver = redirect
senders = :
condition = ${if > {$message_age}{3600}{yes}{no}}
data = :blackhole:
Not tested, may be buggy, but you get the idea.
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