Re: [exim] Retries working incorrectly?

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Retries working incorrectly?
Marcin Krol <mrkafk@???> (Di 03 Mär 2009 19:05:28 CET):
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have an Exim server as backup mailserver (lower MX priority) with
> manual route and retries set as follows:
>
> begin retry
>
> *                      *           F,12h,5m; G,24h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h

>
> So it should retry delivering mail every 5 minutes for 12 hrs, right?
>
> Well, no - as it happened, the main company link went down for 2 hrs and
> the backup server did deliver all the mail after the link was repaired,
> but according to logs it was retrying delivery of queued mails every
> 30-40 minutes.
>
> Why? What other settings may impact retry frequency?


It depends mainly on how often you start the queue runner.
(From the main process or from the crontab...)

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Heiko