> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Oliver St=F6neberg wrote: > > > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, CLEMENT Francis wrote: > > > > > > > > > Seems there was some post about this. > > > > > > > > > > The BIG figure is when the final domain have multiple mx servers= .. > > > > > Suppose the final domain have two mx and one is misconfigured an= d return > > > > > a 5xx. > > > > > So if xmail tries first the 'bad' server, what to do next ? > > > > > > > > > > On a atomic try/retry cycle, you have two choices : > > > > > 1 - don't try others mx and send back an NDR to the sender > > > > > 2 - Try the others reminding MX for this try/retry cycle, and se= nd back > > > > > an NDR ONLY AND ONLY IF all mx return a 5xx, else schedule a nor= mal > > > > > retry cycle (that will retry on each mx). > > > > > > > > > > I think option 2 is better :) > > > > > > > > > > Could Davide tell us how xmail handles the 5xx with multiple mx = ? > > > > > > > > As far as smtprelay goes, a failure (of whatever type), means try = the next > > > > server in the list. > > > > > > That's why I wrote a mail, because it makes no sense to continue in > > > the case of a permanent error. > > > > > > Is there a way to configure XMail with multiple domains and stop whe= n > > > you get a permanent error? > > > > I remember there was a discussion or something, time ago. But now I ca= n't > > remember. It seems sane to me that a 5xx error stops the processing, a= nd > > I'll schedule this for change. > > Speak now or forever hold your peace, in case you rely on XMail re-try= ing > > even upon 5xx ... > > This will be in 1.26-pre03. >
Thanks! It's very similar to the workaround I added, but I recognised, there are two occurances, that need this change. I did change the other one. Check SMAILCmd_smtprelay() in SMAILSvr.cpp. Greetings Oliver - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
