email retrys

[tos]

hey,
does anyone know how you can increase the number of times an email is tried to be delivered before it fails/bounces back?

tos.

 

[rocketcity]

Have a look in the exim.conf file. There is a place to define:

ignore_bounce_errors_after =

and:

timeout_frozen_after =

At the bottom of the file there is also this "Retry Config":

######################################################################
#                      RETRY CONFIGURATION                           #
######################################################################

# This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It specifies
# retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals,
# starting at 1 hour and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16
# hours, then retries every 8 hours until 4 days have passed since the first
# failed delivery.

# Domain               Error       Retries
# ------               -----       -------


begin retry

*                      *           F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h


# End of Exim 4 configuration

 

[tos]

i did look at that.. however, here is why i ask..


i am trying to send mail to a specific host.. that host has 4 mx records.. now, when trying to reach it.. for some random reason, i cant get to one or two of them. now, the mail bounces back immediately rather than retrying the send.

i have the settings you posted below.. so the mail should keep trying to be delivered for that period of time, correct?

but it doesnt.

tos

 

[nobaloney]

It depends on why it can't get to the first MX records it tries.

Are you sure exim is getting all mx records?

Have you checked to see how many it tried (look in the log)?

Unlike some MTAs, exim completely reroutes email each time it tries (that means it looks up the MX records again). And if the first MX is down, it should try the second. But if then the second answers but says no such person, or can't accept for any other permanent reason, exim will give up without trying any other MX records. MX records are supposed to be authoritative.

Jeff

 

[tos]

from the logs, it tries only one of them?
tos

 

[nobaloney]

It won't try any of the others if the first one answers.

What answer are you getting from the first one?

Can you post some log entries?

Jeff