Re: [exim] how to drop failed DSN?

On Dec 26, 2006, at 3:31 AM, Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>
>>> It should work. If it doesn't, something is wrong.
>>
>> (written as stream-of-conscience as I investigate)
>>
>> Ok, that is what I thought. I changed it to 1h as a test but things
>> still seem to not be working. Probably because the following is not
>> a permanent failure?
>>
>> 2006-12-22 03:17:32 1GxgfO-000JJz-Fi netnews.hinet.net
>> [168.95.195.16]: Connection reset by peer
>
> Indeed. That will not cause the message to be frozen - note that
> ignore_bounce_errors_after applies only to frozen bounce messages
> (i.e.
> those that had permanent errors). For "normal" delivery problems, the
> normal retry rules apply.

yes, that is what I was discovering. Thanks!

>
>> Seems to be ones that just keep rejecting with 4xx errors all the
>> time.
>>
>> Anyway to automatically detect that and get rid if these anyway :-) ?
>
> You can set a retry rule for specific 4xx errors, possibly also for
> specific domains.

Ok, will look into that.

Thanks!
Chad

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