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

On 2022-01-18, Leonardo Boselli via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>> I still believe that it's better to solve the problem from the source -
>> where the connectivity is almost unpredictable.
>
> log time unconnections are predictable, since does not occour by a
> failure, but intentionally, and system manager for both systems is the
> same. so when system return active the unqueuing can be triggered
> manually.
> And the problem is not for 5 minutes (that BTW is NOT enough realtime
> for one of the the needs) but when it is off/inactive/refusing for up to 3
> months, when the other system must queue without giving even the slightest
> warning.

exim can be configured how long to retry for and when to warn,
you can set it to 6 months if you want (well, you might have to say
183 days I don't think exim understands months)

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Jasen.