[Pkg-exim4-users] configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

[Gary Dale]

On 16/03/15 02:36 PM, Alex King wrote:
>
>
> On 17/03/15 05:17, Gary Dale wrote:
>> On 16/03/15 11:56 AM, Marc Haber wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:54:41AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>>>> On 16/03/15 04:10 AM, Marc Haber wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:20:38PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>>>>>> The log for an unsuccessful mail says:
>>>>>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR <= <sending e-mail address>
>>>>>> U=garydale P=local S=1665
>>>>>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR ** -r at localhost: Unrouteable 
>>>>>> address
>>>>>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR ** gary at extremeground.com
>>>>>> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: retry time not reached for any
>>>>>> host after a long failure period
> This line, "retry time not reached for any host after a long failure 
> period" is telling you exim has given up and won't even try to send, 
> even for new emails arriving to be delivered for this address.
>
> This information is kept in the hints db.  Marc correctly pointed you 
> to the documentation which explains what is happening and how to 
> progress the issue.  See spec chapter 32 
> (http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-retry_configuration.html), 
> particularly 32.10, Long-term failures.
>
> To manage your hints db (which should not be necessary in normal use), 
> check out exim_ dumpdb and exim_tidydb. (Executables on your system 
> with man pages).
>
> HTH,
> Alex

Would that be on a port basis? Mail sends fine to the same server using 
port 26.

The retry rule that I get for that host: is Retry rule: *  * F,2h,15m; 
G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h;

Looking in the db files, I get basically less information than I get 
with mailq and the exim4 log. Tidydb just removes records, which I can 
also do by changing the port to 26 and running exim -M <message>, which 
then sends the message.