Re: I/O error - no retry

Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Feb 2026 11:42:38 +0000
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On 2026/02/01 11:28 AM, Stefan Langeder via Exim-users wrote:
> However, I am not sure why Exim does not retry when the interruption occures. The logs say “peer close after all rcpt responses; converting i/o-error to no-error.” Could the last bit (converting i/o-error to no-error) be the reason? Does Exim need a specific retry rule for I/O errors?

No..  A response has been received for the SMTP RCPT command, and any retrying
needed should happen as normal.

You could use the "exinext" utility to observe pending retries.
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Cheers,
   Jeremy

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