ph10 2007/06/26 12:21:36 BST
Modified files:
exim-src/src configure.default
Log:
Add warning about missing retry rules to the default configuration.
Revision Changes Path
1.13 +6 -0 exim/exim-src/src/configure.default
Index: configure.default
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RCS file: /home/cvs/exim/exim-src/src/configure.default,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- configure.default 25 Oct 2006 08:42:57 -0000 1.12
+++ configure.default 26 Jun 2007 11:21:36 -0000 1.13
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Cambridge: exim/exim-src/src/configure.default,v 1.12 2006/10/25 08:42:57 ph10 Exp $
+# $Cambridge: exim/exim-src/src/configure.default,v 1.13 2007/06/26 11:21:36 ph10 Exp $
######################################################################
# Runtime configuration file for Exim #
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@
# starting at 1 hour and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16
# hours, then retries every 6 hours until 4 days have passed since the first
# failed delivery.
+
+# WARNING: If you do not have any retry rules at all (this section of the
+# configuration is non-existent or empty), Exim will not do any retries of
+# messages that fail to get delivered at the first attempt. The effect will
+# be to treat temporary errors as permanent. Therefore, DO NOT remove this
+# retry rule unless you really don't want any retries.
# Address or Domain Error Retries
# ----------------- ----- -------
