(exim) retry timeout exceeded - config problem?

[Mike Bacher]

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[sent to the exim list as well - thought someone here might be able to help]

Here is my situation.

Using exim 4.34 built from freebsd-ports to do antivirus/antispam scanning (via
MailScanner, of course :)) and sending all scanned mail to back-end mailhub via 
smart_route (manualroute).

Anyway, this all works great when the mailhub that the mail is routed to is up
and working.  However, if that machine refuses connections on port 25 for
whatever reason (or is just down completely), messages are not being queued up
for the proper amount of time and are timing out immediately.

My retry config (from configure_outgoing):

# Domain               Error       Retries
# ------               -----       -------

*                       *           F,2d,1s; F,4d,6h

I call exim two ways:

/usr/local/sbin/exim -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure_incoming -bd (exim-4.34-0)

(for incoming messages)

and:

/usr/local/sbin/exim -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure_outgoing -qff (exim-4.34-0)

(to process the queue)

Example from the mainlog:

2005-05-31 15:10:09 1DdD3x-0004pr-KN <= susanc at yahoo.com H=(yahoo.com)
[207.104.211.110] P=esmtp S=17709 id=3246B18F59C6184EA13492A2E14783697BE220 at tunxch01
2005-05-31 15:10:39 1DdD3x-0004pr-KN 68.91.137.174 [68.91.137.174]: Connection
refused
2005-05-31 15:10:39 1DdD3x-0004pr-KN == tina.russell at mydomain.com
R=customer_route T=remote_smtp defer (61): Connection refused
2005-05-31 15:10:39 1DdD3x-0004pr-KN ** tina.russell at mydomain.com: retry timeout
exceeded
2005-05-31 15:10:39 1DdD4R-0004zk-A5 <= <> R=1DdD3x-0004pr-KN U=mailnull P=local
S=18816
2005-05-31 15:10:39 1DdD3x-0004pr-KN Completed

Any advice would be appreciated.

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