On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:20:05 +0200 Lionel Elie Mamane <lio...@mamane.lu> wrote: > master@bagnat:~$ host a.mx.conuropsis.org > a.mx.conuropsis.org has address 94.142.241.136 > a.mx.conuropsis.org has IPv6 address 2a02:898:36:612e:6d78::1 > > But Exim4 did not try 94.142.241.136: > > 2009-05-26 15:02:19 Start queue run: pid=19212 -qf > 2009-05-26 15:02:19 1M8wBu-0004z1-4C capsaicin.mamane.lu > [2001:888:19f0:2:2e0:81ff:fe54:abf9] Network is unreachable > 2009-05-26 15:02:19 1M8wBu-0004z1-4C tsomet.mamane.lu [2001:888:19f0:2::a] > Network is unreachable > 2009-05-26 15:02:19 1M8wBu-0004z1-4C tsomet.mamane.lu [2001:888:19f0::a] > Network is unreachable > 2009-05-26 15:05:28 1M8wBu-0004z1-4C tsomet.mamane.lu [82.95.233.223] > Connection timed out > 2009-05-26 15:05:28 1M8wBu-0004z1-4C a.mx.conuropsis.org > [2a02:898:36:612e:6d78::1] Network is unreachable > 2009-05-26 15:05:28 1M8wBu-0004z1-4C == lio...@mamane.lu R=dnslookup > T=remote_smtp defer (101): Network is unreachable
The smtp transport option hosts_max_try has a default value of 5. I suspect the reporter ran into that; it's intended behaviour and documented. -- Jeremy