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List:       exim-users
Subject:    Re: [Exim] Retry timeout option of "defer"
From:       Dean Brooks <dean () iglou ! com>
Date:       2004-08-31 22:21:52
Message-ID: 20040831222152.GA16117 () iglou ! com
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 04:07:30PM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:

> > Would it be possible to add a "defer" error option for retry rules
> > so I could set a lower threshold for these hosts that are cluttering
> > up the queue?
> 
> You mean this Wish List item?
> 
> (146) 15-May-2000 M  Allow SMTP error codes in retry rules
> This would allow special handling of certain errors from certain hosts. In
> particular, it would allow failing of certain 4xx codes.
> 
> Quite a geriatric Wish List item, in fact. I'll see if I can find time
> to think about this one, as it is clearly still relevant. (But not for
> the next release, which is mainly maintenance.)

On second thought, I'm not so sure this wish item is really needed.

If I set retry error rules for "timeout", "refused" and 
"auth_failed", and then specify a default timeout, wouldn't the
default timeout ONLY apply to deferrals?

Are there any other error conditions that would queue a remote message
that wouldnt be a result of a connection timeout, connection refusal
or a denied authentication?

A 5xx is considered a "successful" transaction so that wouldn't be one,
but want to be sure I'm not missing anything.

--
Dean Brooks
dean@iglou.com

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