Andrew Johnson wrote: >>> Does it make sense to deliver to the 2nd MX if we know the 1st MX >>> does not accept mail for the address? [...] > Also, take this scenario, what if the company hosts both MX's, they > put a second there incase the first server drops dead, [...]
In that case we'd get an error for the *host*, which would cause exim to just "ignore" the primary MX after some time and deliver to the secondary immediately. The problem I saw had to do with transient errors for the recipient *e-mail address*. Exim does turn them into permanent errors if they persist long enough, and I guess there is just no distinction between real permanent errors and these long-lasting transient ones. At least that would clearly explain exims behaviour, if it thinks it has got a permanent error from the remote mailer. lg, daniel -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
