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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2019-08-01 19:31:36 +0100 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2019-08-10 19:27:02 +0100 |
| commit | dbbf21a75d225871cb7a44878ece42c5d79a1a2c (patch) | |
| tree | 3e96a3cdce26cee348aac179eb1e56ea11f5f203 /doc | |
| parent | 30afa09ebdb98fdb50fc60f0ce0cb4974bde1225 (diff) | |
Routers: make retry_use_local_part default true when any non-domain condition is present. Bug 2408
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 6 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 736ac0fe4..aa3996505 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -18884,11 +18884,24 @@ latter kind. This option controls whether the local part is used to form the key for retry hints for addresses that suffer temporary errors while being handled by this -router. The default value is true for any router that has &%check_local_user%& +.new +router. The default value is true for any router that has any of +&%check_local_user%&, +&%local_parts%&, +&%condition%&, +&%local_part_prefix%&, +&%local_part_suffix%&, +&%senders%& or +&%require_files%& +.wen set, and false otherwise. Note that this option does not apply to hints keys for transport delays; they are controlled by a generic transport option of the same name. +Failing to set this option when it is needed +(because a remote router handles only some of the local-parts for a domain) +can result in incorrect error messages being generated. + The setting of &%retry_use_local_part%& applies only to the router on which it appears. If the router generates child addresses, they are routed independently; this setting does not become attached to them. diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 7fca99b62..6d1b2631b 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ JH/34 Fix crash after TLS shutdown. When the TCP/SMTP channel was left open, JH/35 Bug 2409: filter out-of-spec chars from callout response before using them in our smtp response. +JH/35 Have the general router option retry_use_local_part default to true when + any of the restrictive preconditions are set (to anything). Previously it + was only for check_local user. The change removes one item of manual + configuration which is required for proper retries when a remote router + handles a subset of addresses for a domain. + Exim version 4.92 ----------------- |