Autor: W B Hacker Data: A: exim users Assumpte: Re: [exim] Retry rules for specific errors: error after
initialconnection
Magnus Holmgren wrote: > I just realised that there is no way to specify that a retry rule applies when
> the remote host says "421 host.domain.example: Too many connections" or
> similar (instead of the normal "220 host.domain.example ESMTP" greeting) upon
> connection. I guess it falls under lost_connection today, but isn't it common
> enough to warrant its own code, like connect_4xx or greet_4xx? I shouldn't be
> too hard to implement either.
>
>
Are you sure it is necessary?
We have been experimenting with some rather draconian limits, and both our Exim
and Qmail distant-end servers DO retry after hitting such limits.
