Re: [exim] manualroute and queueing

On Jun 1, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Philip Hazel wrote:

>>>> The only thing I dislike about this is that it takes a long time
>>>> for the
>>>> process to complete, which requires the client to sit and wait for
>>>> the
>>>> whole process. Can someone suggest a way to have exim queue mail
>>>> for the
>>>> smart router, and issue a bounce if some problem occurs? As it is,
>>>> it
>>>> takes a minute or two for a client to send a mail, which isn't
>>>> really
>>>> pleasant on the user's end.
>
> Looking back at this, there is something not right. Under a normal
> configuration, Exim should not start sending a message until after it
> has accepted it *and told the client so*. Sending delays should not
> affect the receiving in any way, unless you have set the "mua_wrapper"
> option, which specifically asks for this behaviour.

Well, that would be the behavior I would expect, but I can tell you
that it takes significantly longer when I have smart routing enabled.
I wonder if the client I use (OSX Mail) is mis-behaving. Is there any
difference in the transaction to the client if smart routing is turned
on versus otherwise?

Here is my smart router configuration:

smart_route:
driver = manualroute
domains = !+local_domains
transport = remote_smtp
route_list = * smtp.sbcglobal.net

And the remote_smtp transport is pretty standard:

remote_smtp:
driver = smtp


I know it doesn't seem right, I agree, but simply adding the smart
router adds a significant delay on the client end. I have observed
this directly. Is there something else to adding a smart router?

Thanks!

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