Re: [exim] Fallback upon certain errors

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Fallback upon certain errors
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 04:35:03PM +0200, Josselin Mouette said:
> Le mercredi 03 mai 2006 à 09:55 -0400, Marc Sherman a écrit :
> > Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > >
> > > What I'd like to achieve is, when this transport fails with a
> > > certain error code - namely error 550, for domains using stupid
> > > RBLs I'm listed in - to retry with another transport (a smarthost
> > > one).
> > >
> > > Is it possible with exim4 ?
> >
> > It's not possible, and even if it were, it would be a very bad idea.
> > You should just use a smarthost for all your mail if you want
> > reliable delivery.
>
> I would if I had a reliable smarthost handy.


Josselin, I'm sure that among the community of Debian developers,
someone would be happy to offer you a reliable smarthost. I'll do it
for if you like, but you'll probably get higher throughput from others.
Just ask on IRC or -devel.

> > This has been discussed extensively on this list many times in the
> > past.
>
> Telling people to just live with DNSBLs is not an answer. Given the
> behaviour of some stupid lists, any server can be randomly added to
> the list. Dial-up, DSL or colo, this is all the same.


And this is life.
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