On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:37:04AM -0400, B. Cook said: > Hello, > > I just wanted to know how I could check if this is working the way I > think it does.. > > If a domain goes down, that I transport mail to, and I have 5-10 emails > in the queue for them. When the retry schedule comes around again to > send to them; What does exim do? > > Does it connect once per email in the queue? (5-10 connections) or does > it make one connection and then send 5-10 emails over it? > > Again I am talking about email going to a single host that I have > defined in my transports. > > I would prefer it do the latter, but how can I check if this is really > what is happening?
You'll see lines like this: 2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89] QT=3m34s DT=1s 2006-09-16 16:16:53 1GObr5-0003zg-AQ Completed 2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m36s DT=2s 2006-09-16 16:16:55 1GObr5-0003zg-46 Completed 2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m39s DT=2s 2006-09-16 16:16:57 1GObr4-0003zg-Ro Completed 2006-09-16 16:16:58 1GObr4-0003zg-JO => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mailin-02.mx.aol.com [205.188.155.89]* QT=3m40s DT=1s The asterisk after the IP address tells you that it is reusing a single connection. To force this behavior, use -qq instead of -q to start your queue runner processes. Take care, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Humor in the Court: Q. Doctor, did you | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | say he was shot in the woods? A. No, I | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | said he was shot in the lumbar region. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ## 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/
