Author: Davide D'Amico Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Strange behaviour using non default port in remote smtp
Il 02/10/12 16:04, Phil Pennock ha scritto: > On 2012-10-02 at 13:59 +0200, Davide D'Amico wrote:
>> Il 02/10/12 13:44, Phil Pennock ha scritto:
>>> On 2012-10-02 at 08:10 +0200, Davide D'Amico wrote:
>>>> So changing route_data to route_list isn't a good idea to solve this
>>>> problem?
>>>
>>> No; route_list is simply a more powerful wrapper around route_list,
>>> taking matching patterns and options. It doesn't affect this case.
>>
>> do you mean "route_data is simply a wrapper around "route_list", right?
>
> The route_data option expands to one place to send a message to. It's
> the data part of a routing rule.
>
> The route_list option provides a list of routing rules.
>
> route_data is simpler; route_list is more powerful in some situations.
> Think of route_list as a set of domain constraints, a route_data rule
> for each constraint, and perhaps some options on each item too.
>
>> So I don't see any failed attempt (just now I enabled retry_defer) but
>> for every 'missed' mail, I see very long delivery times:
>>
>> 2012-10-01 12:35:45 1TIdLP-000KQL-JO [...]
>> 2012-10-01 12:38:30 1TIdLP-000KQL-JO => xxx.yyy.zzz@???
>> F=<> R=internal T=remote_smtp S=1226 H=internal_host_ip
>> [internal_host_ip]* C="250 ok 1349087906 qp 49471"
>
> If you "exigrep 1TIdLP-000KQL-JO /path/to/mainlog" you should get all
> the entries for that msgid.
>
> There should be some items using "==" instead of "=>"; the "==" lines
> are for deferrals.
>
>> Anyway, what's the '*' after the backend ip address in mainlog:
>> 2012-10-01 12:38:30 1TIdLP-000KQL-JO => xxx.yyy.zzz@???
>> F=<> R=internal T=remote_smtp S=1226 H=internal_host_ip
>> [internal_host_ip]* C="250 ok 1349087906 qp 49471"
>>
>> "[internal_host_ip]*"
>
> The Exim Specification, "51.7 Logging deliveries":
> ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------
> When more than one address is included in a single delivery (for example, two
> SMTP RCPT commands in one transaction) the second and subsequent addresses are
> flagged with "->" instead of "=>". When two or more messages are delivered down
> a single SMTP connection, an asterisk follows the IP address in the log lines
> for the second and subsequent messages.
> ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------
>
> which is evidence in favour of the theory that the retry db is the
> source of the problem you're encountering.
>
> I'm encountering problems with bugzilla right now, or I'd include a
> shiny new bug number to give you for tracking.
>
> The multiple-hostname workaround should work for now.
