On 02/02/2011 14:04, Nigel Metheringham wrote: > On 2 Feb 2011, at 13:50, David Robertson wrote: >> Any ideas why the same message is repeated 4 times before the failed >> delivery message and then not tried again for 9 hours. > Those log messages are not identical - looking at the MX hosts for the > target domain will show why:- > > % host fenman.co.uk > fenman.co.uk has address 92.52.122.79 > fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 10 fenman.co.uk.s200a1.psmtp.com. > fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 20 fenman.co.uk.s200a2.psmtp.com. > fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 30 fenman.co.uk.s200b1.psmtp.com. > fenman.co.uk mail is handled by 40 fenman.co.uk.s200b2.psmtp.com. > > Exim worked through all 4 MXes before giving up on that attempt. > How long it will take until the next delivery depends on:- > - retry rules > - queue run frequency > - what other messages to the same domain/target are doing > > Nigel. > -- > [ Nigel Metheringham [email protected] ] > [ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ] > > > > > > Thanks a lot. I was having a senior moment there.
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