RE: [exim] Exim doesn't seem to be following my retry rules …

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Eli
CC: exim-users
Subject: RE: [exim] Exim doesn't seem to be following my retry rules properly?
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Eli wrote:
>
> Oh. I thought having the retry_use_local_part setting (or whatever it is, I
> don't have my config in front of me atm) on a router (or transport) would
> change the retry entries to be specific per recipient email address, rather
> than domain/host based?


It depends on when the failure happens. See section 32.2 of the spec.

> I was hoping that my retry settings would kind of guarantee me a
> physical retry to the failed host at least every 15 minutes


Er, no, if the host has been down for more than twelve hours your
configuration states that retries should be at most hourly, and at most
once every three hours for outages longer than a day.

Tony.
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