On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 09:21:45AM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 01:43:46PM +1000, Geoff Crompton wrote: > > Is it possible to configure exim on homepc to use dially as a smart > > relay, and to continually poll dially (say every 5 minutes) to try > > and deliver email? It could be almost a week between times that > > dially actually dials up (or is even turned on). I don't want the > > exim on homepc freezing emails if it can't send them out though. > > Have a look at RETRY CONFIGURATION in /etc/exim/exim.conf. > > I think you can make things work like you want there. > > However maybe it's a little bit dangerous to have homepc not give up > on a message. Will you ever notice a problem with your email > configuration if homepc blindly keeps polling your smart host? > > Bob > Good point. I was expecting that it should be pretty much reliable, because I control both boxes, and the modem one would warn me if it can't deliver the message. I'll check out the RETRY, and see if I can set a timeout on the order of a week.
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