On 06/18/2012 05:05 PM, Todd Lyons wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@???> wrote:
>> # grep state.gov /var/log/exim4/mainlog
>> 2012-06-18 18:44:27 1Sggw6-0002OE-1y SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<fmjvisas@???>: host stimson.state.gov [169.252.4.131]: 451 4.3.2 Please try again later
>> 2012-06-18 18:44:28 1Sggw6-0002OE-1y == fmjvisas@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-44): SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<fmjvisas@???>: host haig-ee.state.gov [169.253.194.10]: 451 4.3.2 Please try again later
>> 2012-06-18 18:44:29 1Sggw6-0002OE-1y ** fmjvisas@???: retry timeout exceeded
>>
>> I'm using the default retry rule:
>> # exim -brt state.gov
>> Retry rule: * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h;
>> and the retry db says:
>> R:fmjvisas@???:<Nikolaus@???> -44 13133 SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<fmjvisas@???>: host haig-ee.state.gov [169.253.194.10]: 451 4.3.2 Please try again later
>> 13-Jun-2012 17:29:36 18-Jun-2012 18:44:29 19-Jun-2012 00:44:29 *
>>
>> Can someone explain why this mail was bounced so quickly?
>
> Maybe you have set in this transport hosts_max_try = 1 ?
Nope, this option doesn't appear anywhere in my configuration.
Best,
-Nikolaus
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