Re: [exim] Early retry timeout

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Author: Nikolaus Rath
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Early retry timeout
Todd Lyons <tlyons@???> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@???> wrote:
>> Ted Cooper <eximX0902w@???> writes:
>>> On 19/06/12 06:15, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>>>> Can someone explain why this mail was bounced so quickly?
>>>> Exim 4.71.
>>>
>>> Sounds very similar to a long standing issue which was thought to be
>>> fixed but which still seems to turn up in very specific circumstances.
>>> http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636
>>> http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140
>>> http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=893
>>
>> Yes, that looks very similar. But I'm not sure what missing information
>> I could add here, the first report seems to contain pretty much
>> everything that I would say is relevant.
>> Is there something in particular you are looking for that I could
>> provide?
>
> Is there any other domain in your hints db that ends up going to the
> same IP address and that has already timed out?


No, I don't think so:

# exim_dumpdb . retry | grep state.gov
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
# exim_dumpdb . retry | grep 169.253.194.10
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

Here's the complete output for reference (it's a rather small server):

# exim_dumpdb . retry
R:e.isac@???:<Nikolaus@???> -44 12877 SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<e.isac@???>: host atlas2b.jacobs-university.de [212.201.44.16]: 450 4.2.0 <e.isac@j
23-May-2012 00:26:05 23-May-2012 00:26:05 23-May-2012 00:41:05
T:gmail-smtp-in-v4v6.l.google.com:2001:4860:800a::1a 101 77 Network is unreachable
06-Jun-2012 07:24:01 11-Jun-2012 01:18:39 11-Jun-2012 07:18:39 *
T:mail.folkwang-hochschule.de:193.175.156.114 110 333 Connection timed out
05-Jun-2012 07:36:01 12-Jun-2012 16:04:18 12-Jun-2012 22:04:18 *
T:mailin.rzone.de:2a01:238:20a:202:50f0::1100 101 77 Network is unreachable
19-Jun-2012 10:37:45 19-Jun-2012 10:37:45 19-Jun-2012 10:52:45
T:mx.freenet.de:2001:748:100:40::8:110 101 77 Network is unreachable
31-May-2012 19:01:30 02-Jun-2012 17:54:05 02-Jun-2012 23:54:05
T:mx.freenet.de:2001:748:100:40::8:112 101 77 Network is unreachable
31-May-2012 19:01:30 02-Jun-2012 17:54:05 02-Jun-2012 23:54:05
T:mx03.t-online.de:2003:2:2:10:194:25:134:8 101 77 Network is unreachable
12-Jun-2012 08:23:30 12-Jun-2012 08:23:30 12-Jun-2012 08:38:30
T:nomail.ivenue.com:64.14.201.5 111 77 Connection refused
19-Jun-2012 00:27:07 19-Jun-2012 00:27:07 19-Jun-2012 00:42:07
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 *
T:gmail-smtp-in-v4v6.l.google.com:2001:4860:800a::1b 101 77 Network is unreachable
19-Jun-2012 10:37:45 19-Jun-2012 10:37:45 19-Jun-2012 10:52:45
T:mailin.rzone.de:2a01:238:20a:202:50f0::1099 101 77 Network is unreachable
19-Jun-2012 10:37:45 19-Jun-2012 10:37:45 19-Jun-2012 10:52:45
T:mx.freenet.de:2001:748:100:40::8:111 101 77 Network is unreachable
31-May-2012 19:01:30 02-Jun-2012 17:54:05 02-Jun-2012 23:54:05
T:mx02.t-online.de:2003:2:2:10:194:25:134:8 101 77 Network is unreachable
10-Jun-2012 17:58:46 10-Jun-2012 17:58:46 10-Jun-2012 18:13:46
T:tahini.csx.cam.ac.uk:2001:630:212:8:204:23ff:fed6:b664 101 77 Network is unreachable
19-Jun-2012 00:27:07 19-Jun-2012 01:57:49 19-Jun-2012 02:12:49


Best,

-Nikolaus

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