Re: [exim] sendind email to an intermittently connected host

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Author: Odhiambo Washington
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To: Leonardo Boselli
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] sendind email to an intermittently connected host
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:59 AM Leonardo Boselli via Exim-users <
exim-users@???> wrote:

> I have two hosts a.example.com and p.example.com .
> mail for example com arrive to A, but for some users is forwarded to
> user@??? .
> Nothing special until here, you do with a procmail option at user level.
> The problem is that host p could be disconnected, sometime also for
> weeks, or even if conencted could refuse messges..
> Normally if you forward to a disconnected host after some time (one day ?)
> you get a messge telling that you cannot connect it and after some days
> gives up and bounces the message, and do it immediately if it get a 5xx
> error.
> What i want to do is that when sending a message to p.example.com
> whatever
> thing happens (no route to host/ dns error / no response / closed port /
> 4xx or 5xx error), anything different than an accepted message, the
> message remains in the queue and is tried again every 24 hours,
> indefinitely.
> What is easier way ?
>
> --
> Leonardo Boselli
> tel:+393488605348
>
>

Hi Leonardo,

If I were you, I'd approach the problem a different way. I remember doing
something like that with intermittently connected hosts.
I would instead just queue the messages and let p.example.com to request
for their delivery when its connection comes up.

Please refer to this link for the details:
https://plonk.de/sw/odmr/index.php


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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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