Andreas Metzler wrote: > Debian is setting host_find_failed = defer, i.e. "lets try again > later", matching the historic behavior of exim3. - This makes exim > work better for intermediately connected hosts by queuing mail instead > of freezing it. > > Afaiui by setting host_find_failed = ignore (and keeping > host_all_ignored at its default value of defer) we could fix this > issue. - For systems with just a single smarthost listed the behavior > would be unchanged, for systems like yours with multiple alternatives > listed exim would ignore permanently unresolvable hosts and try the > othere ones.
Thanks. I have since tested this modification on a non-production system, and it does appear to do exactly the right thing, for a single smarthost, for multiple smarthosts all unresolvable, and for multiple smarthosts with at least one still available. -- Tim Bagot BlueArc Engineering, now part of Hitachi Data Systems
