Re: [exim] Queueing-issue when greylisted....

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Patrick von der Hagen
CC: Exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Queueing-issue when greylisted....
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Patrick von der Hagen wrote:

> Imagine queue-runs every 15 minutes.
>
> 0m: Mail from a to b arrives and is greylisted =temporary error.
> 14m: Mail from c to b arrives and is greylisted.


Are you sure? With the default configuration, the fact that b had a
temporary error should prevent further delivery attempts to b until its
retry time has come. So if the retry time for b is 15m, there will be no
delivery attempt for the second message when it arrives.

This area of logic is notoriously complicated, so the only way to be
absolutely sure would be be set up a test and check it out.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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