From: Philip Hazel Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:21:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add warning about missing retry rules to the default configuration. X-Git-Tag: exim-4_68~31 X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c46cc0a465098c30e03323bb1918cf6d5bcd3c3f;p=exim.git Add warning about missing retry rules to the default configuration. --- diff --git a/src/src/configure.default b/src/src/configure.default index 156e9d144..55de5cb5a 100644 --- a/src/src/configure.default +++ b/src/src/configure.default @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.12 2006/10/25 08:42:57 ph10 Exp $ +# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.13 2007/06/26 11:21:36 ph10 Exp $ ###################################################################### # Runtime configuration file for Exim # @@ -690,6 +690,12 @@ begin retry # hours, then retries every 6 hours until 4 days have passed since the first # failed delivery. +# WARNING: If you do not have any retry rules at all (this section of the +# configuration is non-existent or empty), Exim will not do any retries of +# messages that fail to get delivered at the first attempt. The effect will +# be to treat temporary errors as permanent. Therefore, DO NOT remove this +# retry rule unless you really don't want any retries. + # Address or Domain Error Retries # ----------------- ----- -------