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Συντάκτης: W B Hacker
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Αντικείμενο: 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.

Bill