Re: [exim] smtp timeouts sending to google servers

On 03/02/2021 18:58, Bill Cole via Exim-users wrote:
> On 3 Feb 2021, at 10:12, Gary Stainburn via Exim-users wrote:
>
>> I am experiencing problems when trying to deliver to Google's email
>> servers.
>>
>> My emails are timing out while trying to send.
>
> The first thing to check before trying to persuade Google to change is
> to make sure you are NOT using any non-default timeout values for
> sending. The Exim defaults are all consistent with the recommendations
> of RFC1123 Section 5.3.2, and if you reduce them you will cause
> yourself problems which no receiver will be eager to solve for you.
>
Thanks for this Bill.  I have not set any custom timeout value. Also,
the time taken before the timeout expires should easily be long enough.