Happy New Year to everyone.
I have the need to impose a 24-hr delay on emails from john...@johndoe.com
to a local recipient.
I have found this config snippet:
https://github.com/Exim/exim/blob/master/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src#L6892
So I created a router as suggested:
delay_incoming:
driver = redirect
domains = mydomain.name
local_parts = the_local_part
senders = sender@some_domain_name
condition = ${if < {$message_age}{86400}{yes}{no}}
allow_defer
data = :defer: message not old enough
no_verify
I tested the router and the email from sender@some_domain_name stayed in
the queue for some time, then it got delivered, I suppose on the next queue
run.
The FAQ says one may want to set a special retry rule, so I figured out I
must create a specific rule for this sender and the recipient.
Looking at the Exim spec, I am missing something on the form this rule is
supposed to take. I have:
the_local_p...@mydomain.name * sender@some_domain_name F,24h,1m
But Exim gives the error below. Line 2245 contains the above retry rule.
Jan 22 13:26:56 FQDN exim4[503251]: Starting MTA:
Jan 22 13:26:56 FQDN exim4[503256]: 2025-01-22 13:26:56 cwd=/ 2 args:
/usr/sbin/exim4 -bV
Jan 22 13:26:56 FQDN exim4[503256]: 2025-01-22 13:26:56 Exim configuration
error in line 2245 of /etc/exim4/exim4.conf:
Jan 22 13:26:56 FQDN exim4[503256]: comma expected
Jan 22 13:26:56 FQDN exim4[503251]: Warning! Invalid configuration file for
exim4. Exiting....failed.
Jan 22 13:26:56 FQDN systemd[1]: exim4.service: Control process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Kindly advise on where the mistake it.
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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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