Re: [exim] Diagnosing delay in retrying

> From: Paul Warren

> triggered by a connection time out:
>
> 2009-09-29 20:26:59 1MsiIf-0002cW-Ps == a@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out
>
> and that will then be followed by lots of non-retries:
>
> 2009-09-29 20:26:59 1MsiLb-0003f7-DW == b@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host
>
> Exim then appears to refuse to retry for an unreasonably long period
> of time. For example, exim successfully sends a mail at 20:54. It
> then receives a number of time outs up to 20:58. Then, it does not
> appear to retry until 04:57 the following morning

Which Exim version are you using? If not 4.69 then upgrade,
AFAIR it's a known bug fixed in version 4.67.