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List:       exim-users
Subject:    Re: [exim] *Suspect* Re: Retry hint left over after successful
From:       Simon Johnstone <simon () abominable ! org ! uk>
Date:       2010-05-30 13:45:30
Message-ID: 0FFF7E33-E2AB-4283-A30D-912BC5EE145B () abominable ! org ! uk
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On 27 May 2010, at 18:44, W B Hacker wrote:

> - set retry to fail - not at 3 or 4 days, but rather at one day or less. Even 15 
> minutes may be appreciated by some business clients.

Interesting approach - I tend to drop delay_warning fairly low for similar reasons.

> The poor souls sitting behind dodgy or over-zealous greylisters, otherwise 
> unreliable servers- noen of which you can 'fix' from your end - self-Identify to 
> their correspondents, (and no others). Those now-alerted correspondents may then 
> seek some other way to reach them if the situation warrants that.
> 
> ...and there are not likely to be many retry hints at large, duplicated or 
> otherwise.

What happens to the retry hint(s) created during the first delivery attempt?
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