[exim] Messages in the queue that seem to last forever?

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Author: Sander Smeenk
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Messages in the queue that seem to last forever?
Hi!

I have some messages in my queue for which the remote mailserver keeps
saying '450 Try again later' even though it's most obvious they will not
accept the message ever.

Exim seems to keep these messages around forever. As they are not 5xx
errors they do not freeze and timeout_frozen_after doesn't kick in.

There's one retry-rule in my config:
  *    *   F,4h,5m; F,16h,30m; F,7d,3h


With this retry rule, I would expect to see no messages older than 7
days in my queue. Can anyone explain why this message is still on queue?

13d  4.7K 1IGNmg-00007X-Ia <>
          jr_sandre@???


| $ exinext 1IGNmg-00007X-Ia
| No retry data found for 1IGNmg-00007X-Ia


| $ exim4 -Mvl 1IGNmg-00007X-Ia
| 2007-08-02 01:39:20 Received from <> H=(mx.freshdot.net) [213.154.229.18]:60664
|      I=[10.0.25.1]:25 P=esmtp S=4805 id=20070801232150.E551D18275@???
| 2007-08-02 02:57:41 jr_sandre@??? routing defer (-51): retry time not
|     reached
| 2007-08-08 10:19:43 Remote host mx.uol.com.br [200.221.29.129] closed connection
|     in response to initial connection
| 2007-08-08 10:19:43 jr_sandre@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-18):
|     Remote host mx.uol.com.br [200.221.29.129] closed connection in response to
|     initial connection
| 2007-08-08 10:27:31 SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:
|     <jr_sandre@???>: host mx.uol.com.br [200.221.29.129]: 450 
|     <jr_sandre@???>: Recipient address rejected: 
|     UOL-MX-BARREIRAMX-MS-9-1106476 Try Again Later. See 
|     http://postmaster.uol.com.br/ for details
| 2007-08-08 10:27:31 jr_sandre@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-44):
|     SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<jr_sandre@???>: 
|     host mx.uol.com.br [200.221.29.129]: 450 <jr_sandre@???>: Recipient
|     address rejected: UOL-MX-BARREIRAMX-MS-9-1106476 Try Again Later. See
|     http://postmaster.uol.com.br/ for details
| 2007-08-08 10:36:13 SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:
|     <jr_sandre@???>: host mx.uol.com.br [200.221.29.129]: 450
|     <jr_sandre@???>: Recipient address rejected:
|     UOL-MX-BARREIRAMX-MS-9-1106476 Try Again Later. See
|     http://postmaster.uol.com.br/ for details
| 2007-08-08 10:36:13 jr_sandre@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-44):
|     SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<jr_sandre@???>:
|     host mx.uol.com.br [200.221.29.129]: 450 <jr_sandre@???>: Recipient
|     address rejected: UOL-MX-BARREIRAMX-MS-9-1106476 Try Again Later. See
|     http://postmaster.uol.com.br/ for details


Any tips and tricks appreciated!

Kind Regards,
Sander.
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