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Commit: 93afd6be7efaf2acae325968b38484b0f4dc40a0
Parent: 8c513105fde2b8be3397216a0153f9b266fc7dfb
Author: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 18 16:45:44 2018 +0000
Committer: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Tue Nov 20 21:52:34 2018 +0000
Docs: indexing of retry final-cutoff
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doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index e8833ec..2363e78 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -24112,6 +24112,8 @@ DKIM signing options. For details see section &<<SECDKIMSIGN>>&.
.option delay_after_cutoff smtp boolean true
+.cindex "final cutoff" "retries, controlling"
+.cindex retry "final cutoff"
This option controls what happens when all remote IP addresses for a given
domain have been inaccessible for so long that they have passed their retry
cutoff times.
@@ -25867,10 +25869,13 @@ For local deliveries, one delivery attempt is always made for any subsequent
messages. If this delivery fails, the address fails immediately. The
post-cutoff retry time is not used.
+.cindex "final cutoff" "retries, controlling"
+.cindex retry "final cutoff"
If the delivery is remote, there are two possibilities, controlled by the
.oindex "&%delay_after_cutoff%&"
&%delay_after_cutoff%& option of the &(smtp)& transport. The option is true by
-default. Until the post-cutoff retry time for one of the IP addresses is
+default. Until the post-cutoff retry time for one of the IP addresses,
+as set by the &%retry_data_expire%& option, is
reached, the failing email address is bounced immediately, without a delivery
attempt taking place. After that time, one new delivery attempt is made to
those IP addresses that are past their retry times, and if that still fails,
