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Exim Force Retry | All About

Did you know that Exim force retry is an action where the Exim mail transfer agent manually triggers a retry of sending an email message that failed earlier?

Interestingly, there are different reasons behind delivery issues when an email is sent from one mail server to another.

For instance, the receiving mail server may be temporarily unavailable, the recipient’s mailbox might be full, or there could be network connectivity problems. In these scenarios, Exim defers the delivery attempt and adds the message to the mail queue for later retry.

Furthermore, the “force retry” command allows administrators to start an immediate retry attempt for messages that are currently in the deferred state. This comes in handy when the issue with the delivery is fixed and we want to retry rather than wait for Exim’s regular retry schedule.

In order to force retry messages in Exim, we can use the “exim” command-line utility with specific options. The exact command depends on the OS and Exim version and it looks like this:

exim -M message_id

The message_id is the unique identifier of the email message we want to force retry. We can get it from the Exim mail queue or log files.

Our experts recommend being careful while using the “force retry” command. In fact, retrying messages that are consistently failing to deliver can lead to mail server blacklisting and negatively impact the server’s reputation.

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Conclusion

In summary, our Support Techs demonstrated how to use the Exim Force Retry command.