Re: [exim] retry timeout confusion

To answer my own question...

http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.30/doc/html/FAQ_6.html#TOC204

2009/2/4 Ian P. Christian <pookey@???>:
> I'm pretty sure this is user error due to lack of understanding of
> something, but.... why was this mail timeouted out and an NDR send
> when the retry's should haev happeened for 2 weeks?
>
> # exim -brt domain.co.uk
> Retry rule: * * F,6h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,2w,6h;
>
> Jan 30 04:05:51 fallback exim[25860]: 2009-01-30 04:05:51 +0000
> 1LSkdb-0006j6-Jq <= sales@??? H=(relay...) [...] P=esmtp S=7200
> id=E1LSkea-0002gp-O0@jester... for user@???
> Jan 30 04:05:52 fallback exim[25862]: 2009-01-30 04:05:52 +0000
> 1LSkdb-0006j6-Jq == user@??? R=lookuphost defer (-1): host
> lookup did not complete
> Feb 4 16:23:40 fallback exim[11979]: 2009-02-04 16:23:40 +0000
> 1LSkdb-0006j6-Jq == user@??? routing defer (-51): retry time
> not reached
> Feb 4 16:29:52 fallback exim[15459]: 2009-02-04 16:29:52 +0000
> 1LSkdb-0006j6-Jq == user@??? R=lookuphost defer (-1): host
> lookup did not complete
> Feb 4 16:29:52 fallback exim[15459]: 2009-02-04 16:29:52 +0000
> 1LSkdb-0006j6-Jq ** user@???: retry timeout exceeded
>
> Feb 4 16:29:52 fallback exim[15500]: 2009-02-04 16:29:52 +0000
> 1LUkdM-000420-P6 <= <> R=1LSkdb-0006j6-Jq U=Debian-exim P=local S=8064
> for sales@???
> Feb 4 16:29:53 fallback exim[15504]: 2009-02-04 16:29:53 +0000
> 1LUkdM-000420-P6 => sales@??? R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=...
> [...]
> Feb 4 16:29:53 fallback exim[15504]: 2009-02-04 16:29:53 +0000
> 1LUkdM-000420-P6 Completed
>