Re: [exim] retry time and fallback host

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Zbigniew Szalbot
CC: Exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] retry time and fallback host
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:

> Is it possible to configure exim so that once certain rerty time passes
> (say 24h), when attempting to send queued emails exim will switch to pass
> them to a smarthost instead of trying to deliver them straight to the end
> recipients?


Yes. Write a router that uses a "condition" condition to test
$message_age.

> I guess it may be difficult in terms of header rewriting and such?


No need to rewrite any headers.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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