Re: [exim] domain lists in retry rules?

* Philip Hazel <ph10@???> [0803 14:03]:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Dick Davies wrote:
>
> >Very simple question: is there any way to specify a domain list for the
> >left-hand side of a retry rule, to save duplicating this data? Or is there
> >a technical reason why that won't work?
>
> IAITM (it's all in the manual)
>
> 32.1 Retry rules
>
> Each retry rule occupies one line and consists of three parts,
> separated by white space: a pattern, an error name, and a list of
> retry parameters. The pattern must be enclosed in double quotes if it
> contains white space. The rules are searched in order until one is
> found whose pattern matches the failing host or address.
>
> The pattern is any single item that may appear in an address list (see
> section 10.18). It is in fact processed as a one-item address list,
> which means that it is expanded before being tested against the
> address that has been delayed.

Thanks Philip - I read this this morning, but got waylaid before I got to the next bit :)

> Then if you read 10.18 you will find that there are several forms of
> pattern that can match sets of addresses, including forms such as
>
> *@+hostile_domains

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