From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:54:14 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: base.m4: Be extra persistent when trying to deliver mail to the relay.
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base.m4: Be extra persistent when trying to deliver mail to the relay.
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diff --git a/base.m4 b/base.m4
index 32cf73e..f8b09e4 100644
--- a/base.m4
+++ b/base.m4
@@ -532,6 +532,13 @@ DIVERT(null)
 ### Retry configuration.
 
 SECTION(retry, default)m4_dnl
+## Be persistent when sending to the site relay.  It ought to work, but
+## particularly satellites such as laptops often encounter annoying temporary
+## failures due to network unavailability, and the usual gradual policy can
+## leave mail building up for no good reason.
+CONF_smarthost				* \
+	F,4d,15m
+
 ## Default.
 *					* \
 	F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,6h