Index: doc/userguide/userguide.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/gateway/doc/userguide/userguide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.212
diff -u -r1.212 userguide.xml
--- doc/userguide/userguide.xml	4 Mar 2003 15:16:08 -0000	1.212
+++ doc/userguide/userguide.xml	10 Mar 2003 12:45:38 -0000
@@ -2386,13 +2386,13 @@
         use this variable. (optional)
      </entry></row>
 
-    <row><entry><literal>retry</literal></entry>
-      <entry><literal>boolean</literal></entry>
+    <row><entry><literal>reconnect-delay</literal></entry>
+      <entry><literal>number</literal></entry>
       <entry valign="bottom">
-        Assuming that kannel is well configured and we had one sucessful
-	connection, if retry is true, kannel will always retry the connection
-	even if some related error ocur.
-     </entry></row>
+        Optional the time between attemps to connect an ESME to an SMSC 
+        having failed to connect initating or during a session. 
+        The default is 10 seconds.
+      </entry></row>
 
     <row><entry><literal>my-number</literal></entry>
       <entry><literal>number</literal></entry>
Index: gw/smsc/smsc_emi2.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/gateway/gw/smsc/smsc_emi2.c,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 smsc_emi2.c
--- gw/smsc/smsc_emi2.c	4 Mar 2003 15:16:09 -0000	1.11
+++ gw/smsc/smsc_emi2.c	10 Mar 2003 12:45:39 -0000
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@
 #include "alt_charsets.h"
 
 #define EMI2_MAX_TRN 100
+#define EMI2_RECONNECT_DELAY       10.0
 
 typedef struct privdata {
     Octstr	*name;
     List	*outgoing_queue;
     long	receiver_thread;
     long	sender_thread;
-    int		retry;	  	/* Retry always to connect to smsc */
+    long    reconnect_delay;
     int		shutdown;	  /* Internal signal to shut down */
     int		listening_socket; /* File descriptor */
     int		send_socket;
@@ -216,33 +217,22 @@
 	    privdata->alt_port != 0;
 
     wait = 0;
-    alt_host = -1; /* to avoid waiting in first cicle */
+    alt_host = do_alt_host ? 1 : 0;
 
     mutex_lock(conn->flow_mutex);
     conn->status = SMSCCONN_RECONNECTING;
     mutex_unlock(conn->flow_mutex);
     while (!privdata->shutdown) {
-	/* Change status only if the first attempt to form a
-	 * connection fails, as it's possible that the SMSC closed the
-	 * connection because of idle timeout and a new one will be
-	 * created quickly. */
-	if (wait) {
-	    while ((msg = list_extract_first(privdata->outgoing_queue))) {
-		bb_smscconn_send_failed(conn, msg,
-					SMSCCONN_FAILED_TEMPORARILY);
-	    }
-	    if(alt_host == 0) {
-		info(0, "EMI2[%s]: waiting for %d %s before trying to "
-			    "connect again", octstr_get_cstr(privdata->name), 
-			    (wait < 60 ? wait : wait/60), 
-			    (wait < 60 ? "seconds" : "minutes"));
-		gwthread_sleep(wait);
-		wait = wait > (privdata->retry ? 3600 : 600) ?
-		    (privdata->retry ? 3600 : 600) : wait * 2;
-	    }
-	}
-	else
-	    wait = 15; 
+    while ((msg = list_extract_first(privdata->outgoing_queue))) {
+        bb_smscconn_send_failed(conn, msg,
+                                SMSCCONN_FAILED_TEMPORARILY);
+    }
+    if(alt_host == 0) {
+        error(0, "EMI2[%s]: Couldn't connect to SMS center (retrying in %ld seconds).",
+              octstr_get_cstr(privdata->name), privdata->reconnect_delay);
+        gwthread_sleep(privdata->reconnect_delay);
+        continue;
+    }
 
 	if(alt_host != 1) {
 	    info(0, "EMI2[%s]: connecting to Primary SMSC", 
@@ -283,15 +273,11 @@
 	    if (result == -2) {
 		/* Are SMSCs going to return any temporary errors? If so,
 		 * testing for those error codes should be added here. */
-		error(0, "EMI2[%s]: Server rejected our login, giving up",
+		error(0, "EMI2[%s]: Server rejected our login",
 		      octstr_get_cstr(privdata->name));
 		conn_destroy(server);
-		if(! privdata->retry)  {
-		    conn->why_killed = SMSCCONN_KILLED_WRONG_PASSWORD;
-		    return NULL;
-		} else
-		    continue;
-	    }
+		continue;
+		}
 	    else if (result == 0) {
 		error(0, "EMI2[%s]: Got no reply to login attempt "
 		      "within 30 s", octstr_get_cstr(privdata->name));
@@ -1631,9 +1617,9 @@
     privdata->npid = cfg_get(cfg, octstr_imm("notification-pid"));
     privdata->nadc = cfg_get(cfg, octstr_imm("notification-addr"));
     
-    cfg_get_bool(&privdata->retry, cfg, octstr_imm("retry"));
-    if(privdata->retry < 0) 
-	privdata->retry = 0;
+    if (cfg_get_integer(&privdata->reconnect_delay, cfg, 
+                        octstr_imm("reconnect-delay")) == -1)
+        privdata->reconnect_delay = EMI2_RECONNECT_DELAY;
 
     if ( (privdata->username == NULL && privdata->my_number == NULL)
          || cfg_get_integer(&keepalive, cfg, octstr_imm("keepalive")) < 0)
Index: gwlib/cfg.def
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/gateway/gwlib/cfg.def,v
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -u -r1.83 cfg.def
--- gwlib/cfg.def	4 Mar 2003 15:16:09 -0000	1.83
+++ gwlib/cfg.def	10 Mar 2003 12:45:39 -0000
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@
     OCTSTR(appname)
     OCTSTR(ussdc)
     OCTSTR(session-length)
-    OCTSTR(retry)
     OCTSTR(my-number)
     OCTSTR(sms-center)
     OCTSTR(source-addr-ton)