On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Russell King wrote:
> 2004-12-31 10:07:01 1CkJdQ-0006Z6-JV ** james4765@???: retry timeout exceeded
>
> 10-Dec-2004 05:12:56 16-Dec-2004 22:31:49 17-Dec-2004 06:31:49 *
> T:relay.verizon.net:206.46.170.12 110 333 Connection timed out
# exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim retry
# exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim wait-remote_smtp
Verizon does sender verify callbacks (which really should die), and when
their callbacks timeout, they defer the email. Too many deferrals in
too short a time and exim behaves like you see it behave.
srs