Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] retry with a different router if delivery failed
On 01/10/16 21:06, Felix Schwarz wrote: > I have a backend system which might not be available sometimes. Usually I can
> forward my messages from Exim directly with SMTP but sometimes this will fail.
> Currently Exim just puts the message in a queue and applies the regular timeouts.
>
> Ideally I'd prefer if Exim could place a message to a local maildir in case of
> a delivery failure (so the backend system would fetch these later using IMAP/POP).
>
> Is that possible in Exim? I checked the "retry" configuration as well as
> Exim's "events" but so far I didn't see how to use the built-in mechanisms.
You might be able to use a router "fallback_hosts" option as part of the
solution, but it won't be all of it.
