For mail I use a fetchmail+procmail+mutt+exim combination. Not every message I send but a few don't get sent to my ISP's SMTP server. When I run eximon and check the message log of messages awaiting delivery, I will see entries like: 2003-01-27 20:09:01 ButchersHill@yahoogroups.com T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host 2003-01-27 20:23:01 ButchersHill@yahoogroups.com T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host 2003-01-27 20:38:02 ButchersHill@yahoogroups.com T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host 2003-01-27 20:53:01 ButchersHill@yahoogroups.com T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host 2003-01-27 21:08:02 ButchersHill@yahoogroups.com T=remote_smtp defer (-44): retry time not reached for any host The message will stay in the queue until I tell exim to send it. When I check the retry rule for the SMTP server, I get: $ /usr/sbin/exim -brt outgoing.verizon.net Retry rule: * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h; From the retry rule, I expect exim to try to resend the message every 15 minutes for the first two hours. From the above log entries, the retry rule does not appear to work as I expect. Any suggestions on how I can fix this? -- Jerome
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