Re: [exim] Retry rules, feature request

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Author: Stefan Klatt
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim] Retry rules, feature request
Hallo Philip,

>> 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.

Yes.. but it would be helpful to know which retry rule was crying not
more...


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