Re: [exim] How to queue mail this way..

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] How to queue mail this way..
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:37:04AM -0400, B. Cook said:
> Hello,
>
> I just wanted to know how I could check if this is working the way I
> think it does..
>
> If a domain goes down, that I transport mail to, and I have 5-10 emails
> in the queue for them. When the retry schedule comes around again to
> send to them; What does exim do?
>
> Does it connect once per email in the queue? (5-10 connections) or does
> it make one connection and then send 5-10 emails over it?
>
> Again I am talking about email going to a single host that I have
> defined in my transports.
>
> I would prefer it do the latter, but how can I check if this is really
> what is happening?


You'll see lines like this:
2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ => user1@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89] QT=3m34s DT=1s
2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ Completed
2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 => user2@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m36s DT=2s
2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 Completed
2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro => user3@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m39s DT=2s
2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro Completed
2006-09-16 16:16:58 1GObr4-0003zg-JO => user4@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m40s DT=1s

The asterisk after the IP address tells you that it is reusing a single
connection. To force this behavior, use -qq instead of -q to start your
queue runner processes.

Take care,
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