Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: Exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Temporary error not treated as such
Jon Schneider wrote: > I just mailed a friend via the local squirrelmail and got an immediate
> bounce from what looks like a temporary error.
>
> The second line shows a 421 error from the remote system.
>
> (The extra stuff is my maildrop forwarding a copy to my gmail)
>
> Why is the 421 causing an immediate failure ?
>
> Jon
>
> 2008-03-25 17:11:34 1JeCgP-0000A8-SS <= jon@??? U=www-data
> P=local S=1468 id=35195.192.168.3.32.1206465093.squirrel@ma
> il.jschneider.net
> 2008-03-25 17:11:34 1JeCgP-0000A8-SS == jan@??? R=dnslookup
> T=remote_smtp defer (-44): SMTP error from remote mail server
> after RCPT TO:<jan@???>: host mail.xxxxx.com [213.232.100.89]: 421
> temporary envelope failure (#4.3.0)
> 2008-03-25 17:11:34 1JeCgP-0000A8-SS ** jan@???: retry timeout exceeded
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^
Because you have a seriously short retry timeout setting?
