On 10/12/2007, zbigniew szalbot <zbigniew@???> wrote: > Dear all,
>
> Below is the log of one particular delivery which failed. The admin of
> o2.pl mail server claims my exim has an error in its configuration. I
> wonder what you think:
>
> 2007-12-05 02:33:25 1Izj8f-000Dds-1h <=
> adwent-bounces@??? H=(lists.lc-words.com) [127.0.0.1]
> P=esmtp S=124599 id=01a001c836db$9b8065c0$030ba8c0@agnieszka
> 2007-12-05 02:33:26 1Izj8f-000Dds-1h == someone@??? R=dnslookup
> T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host
> 2007-12-05 02:41:44 1Izj8f-000Dds-1h Spool file is locked (another
> process is handling this message)
> 2007-12-05 02:41:46 1Izj8f-000Dds-1h Spool file is locked (another
> process is handling this message)
> 2007-12-05 02:42:01 1Izj8f-000Dds-1h ** someone@??? R=dnslookup
> T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
> host mx11.go2.pl [193.17.41.141]: 500 Sorry
> 2007-12-05 02:42:01 1IzjGz-000EEq-R3 <= <> R=1Izj8f-000Dds-1h U=mailnull
> P=local S=109292
> 2007-12-05 02:42:01 1Izj8f-000Dds-1h Completed
>
> He asked me about retry times (F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h) but in
> this case I do not think this is the problem of retry time but of his
> server giving exim 500 error code which in turn made exim stop trying to
> deliver the mail.
Well, the reason your Exim gives up is because his server gives you a
500 error. But only he will know why that happened - perhaps they run
a strange greylisting configuration which sends a 500 if you retry too
quickly, or something?
