Re: [exim] Mixed mail deliver, or retrying 550 errors.

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Author: Robin Lee Powell
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To: Graeme Fowler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Mixed mail deliver, or retrying 550 errors.
On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 06:28:29PM +0100, Graeme Fowler wrote:
> From time to time people ask how to retry 5xx responses.
>
> The answer is: don't. A 5xx response is permanent. If you
> deliberately retry you are likely to get even more pain from
> remote hosts as you will be in breach of the RFCs for Internet
> mail.
>
> Address the problem (being in space with problem hosts) rather
> than the symptom.


I thought y'all might say that. Seemed to be worth asking anyways.
:)

-Robin

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