On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Dean Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:04:17PM +0300, Catalin Constantin wrote: > >> The problem is caused by the way EXIM is handling retries. > > What you are asking for is for Exim to use the entire email address > as the retry-database index key instead of just the remote domain name. > > There is an option called "retry_use_local_part" which can be enabled > on a special router that will reference the retry database using the > entire email address. > > A basic example would be: > > special_remote_smtp: > driver = dnslookup > domains = yahoo.com > retry_use_local_part > transport = remote_smtp > > You do *not* want to use the retry_use_local_part option on your > _default_ router or transport. If you do, you'll find that hosts > that really are down will cause every message to be retried, and > your queue runners will get massively clogged trying to deliver > those messages. > > If you are only moving a very small number of emails a day (less than > 100 maybe?), then it may not matter. Just be forewarned. We send out more than 1000 emails per day to @yahoo. Sending to Yahoo DOES NOT work with Exim cause of the retry policy.
Even after setting retry_use_local_part, no luck. It looks like Lena suggested that this configuration is ignored for remote transports. Examining the retry db: # exim_dumpdb /var/spool/exim retry shows just ~ 45 entries (one for every Yahoo SMTP server IP) It should have an entry for EACH mail in the queue waiting to be delivered. Also in the logs, after i clean the spool DB (retry + others), start the exim daemon, and monitor the logs: - ~ 30 tries are attempted for delivery @yahoo - for the rest emails in the queue i get "R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host". Any other hints ? Thanks -- Catalin Constantin Dazoot Software -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
