routing defer (-51): retry time not reached

[hostpc.com]

Any idea what would cause this error, and how to fix it ? Client can't get any mail...

routing defer (-51): retry time not reached

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

That means that there is a previous error and exim is just waiting to try again.

If you want to force the message to try again *now*, then you can run:
exim -M <message-ID>where the <message-ID> is the set of characters in the logfile. Once you force it to try again, if it produces another error, the error will be right at the end of the /var/log/exim/mainlog so you can see why it failed the first time.

John

[hostpc.com]

Cool, thanks John.

[hostpc.com]

John, I've got another domain, which can't get ANY emails...

R=virtual_user T=virtual_localdelivery defer (-52): Retry time not yet reached


There's thousands of files qued in /var/spool/exim/input for this domain...

exim -M * won't work - any way to clear these other than deleting them?

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

You have to find the error message for the cause...

If you want to see the error message, you can use the same:

exim -M <message-id>

method again, and this should create the error in the log again. Then, at the bottom of the /var/log/exim/mainlog file, you should see the error message. (or do "cat /var/log/exim/mainlog | grep <message-id>")

John