Re: [exim] Retry rules, feature request

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Stefan Klatt
CC: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim] Retry rules, feature request
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefan Klatt wrote:

> Messages for retry errors should be an option. Like messages at ACLs.


Sometimes, Exim doesn't even know what the error was. The typical case
is when a host goes down and stays down for several days until it times
out. After this, Exim will bounce messages without trying until the next
retry time passes.

Also, there is the situation where a message is routed to more than one
host. Suppose they all fail, but with different errors...

I don't think it makes sense to try to reproduce the entire delivery
history in the bounce message - after all, it's all there in Exim's logs
and there is a nice utility called exigrep that can fish it all out for
you.


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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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