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List:       exim-users
Subject:    Re: [Exim] Secondary MX server rejecting mail immediately v2.11
From:       Philip Hazel <ph10 () cus ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1999-07-27 8:44:04
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On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Martin Stewart wrote:

> I run a mail server that is secondary MX for a customer. The theory 
> is that is their mail will sit with us if their mail system goes down.
> 
> As I understand it however our exim will reject incoming mail for 
> servers that have been down for a long time. Whereas I would like 
> to accept that mail, queue it and eventually deliver it if the retry 
> time allows.

I find that paragraph contradictory! "If the retry time allows" is the 
opposite of "have been down for a long time", which really means "have 
exceeded the maximum retry time".

> I am getting "retry time not reached for any host after a long failure 
> period".

Just set a long maximum retry time for that domain. Weeks, months, 
however long you are prepared to hang on to it for.

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

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