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Author: martin.dm.hull
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] message not timed out, past retry time and staying on queue
Hi folks

I have tried miserably to understand how some messages just stay on the
queue and don't get frozen.

My generic retry setting is

*                      *           F,2h,15m; F,22h,60m; G,3d,2h,1.5


So after 4 days, if a message fails during the next queue run, it should
get frozen?



In my queue I have many like

7d 1003 1F1ybs-0006WC-KQ <feapnedsafqbc@???>

          mason@???


          chandler@???


          byrd@???


          andrews@???


          mfriend@???


          stone@???


          page@???


          graves@???


          mwatson@???


          ruiz@???






# /opt/exim/bin/exinext mason@???

Transport: mailsweeper1.example.com [194.75.161.4] error 0: SMTP error
from

remote mailer after initial connection: host mailsweeper1.example.com
[194.7

5.161.4]: 421 mailsvr1.example.com has refused y

first failed: 02-Feb-2006 10:31:59

last tried: 02-Feb-2006 11:12:55

next try at: 02-Feb-2006 11:27:55

Transport: mailsweeper1.example.com [194.75.161.4]:1F3VTj-0001gG-UD
error -4

4: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<fuller@???>:
host ma

ilsweeper1.example.com [194.75.161.4]: 421 mailsvr1.example.co

first failed: 30-Jan-2006 10:21:30

last tried: 30-Jan-2006 10:21:30

next try at: 30-Jan-2006 10:36:30



Its been on the queue for 7 days! Which of those exinext answers is the
correct one? Sometimes when I run exinext I get screenfuls.

I ran exinext again -



# /opt/exim/bin/exinext mason@???

Transport: mailsweeper1.example.com [194.75.161.4] error 0: SMTP error
from

remote mailer after initial connection: host mailsweeper1.example.com
[194.7

5.161.4]: 421 mailsvr1.example.com has refused y

first failed: 02-Feb-2006 10:31:59

last tried: 02-Feb-2006 11:40:46

next try at: 02-Feb-2006 11:55:46

Transport: mailsweeper1.example.com [194.75.161.4]:1F3VTj-0001gG-UD
error -4

4: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<fuller@???>:
host ma

ilsweeper1.example.com [194.75.161.4]: 421 mailsvr1.example.co

first failed: 30-Jan-2006 10:21:30

last tried: 30-Jan-2006 10:21:30

next try at: 30-Jan-2006 10:36:30



Whats going on?



I am running exim 4.50. I ran exim_tidydb a few days ago but it is not a
scheduled job yet.



Thanks

Martin