On 02/02/2011 14:04, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> On 2 Feb 2011, at 13:50, David Robertson wrote:
>> Any ideas why the same message is repeated 4 times before the failed
>> delivery message and then not tried again for 9 hours.
> Those log messages are not identical - looking at the MX hosts for the
> target domain will show why:-
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> % host fenman.co.uk
> fenman.co.uk has address 92.52.122.79
> fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 10 fenman.co.uk.s200a1.psmtp.com.
> fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 20 fenman.co.uk.s200a2.psmtp.com.
> fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 30 fenman.co.uk.s200b1.psmtp.com.
> fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 40 fenman.co.uk.s200b2.psmtp.com.
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> Exim worked through all 4 MXes before giving up on that attempt.
> How long it will take until the next delivery depends on:-
> - retry rules
> - queue run frequency
> - what other messages to the same domain/target are doing
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> Nigel.
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Thanks a lot. I was having a senior moment there.
Regards
David
