I haven't read that part of the docs recently, but that's not the way it works. Each attempt will try all available mailers unless/until it succeeds or receives a permanent failure. The retry rules are only invoked after all MXes have been tried.
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Neuböck [mailto:mandarin@onyx.at]
> Sent: 26 June 2008 07:57
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: [exim] retry confusion
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having some trouble with retries. Either I misunderstand
> something
> or I've got a configuration error. I would greatly appreciate
> any help!
>
> The situation is as follows: My mailer (exim 4.6) sends an email to a
> domain with multiple MX entries (i.e. mail1.foo.bar MX 10,
> mail2.foo.bar
> MX 20). The first MX fails (either because of 'connection refused' or
> 'temporary error' does not matter). As I understand the exim manual
> chapter 32 the mailer should check its retry rules before trying the
> next MX.
>
> The default retry configuration should default to all domains
> and all error:
>
> begin retry
> * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h
>
> However, after failing to deliver the mail to the first MX the mailer
> immediately tries the second MX. Shouldn't the first retry
> wait at least
> 15 minutes according to the retry rule?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Greetings
> Richard
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