SendMail Queue...

[James R. Stevens]

Does anyone know the M4 macro for these functions.

O Timeout.queuereturn=8d

 
O Timeout.queuewarn=8d 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin, Rob [mailto:rrobin at GREENAPPLE.COM] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:37 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: FW: SendMail Queue...

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> How can I increase the queue time on sendmail.

> We are relaying mail for a customer who's exchange server has gone
down.  Can you advise how to increase the >>queue length so that their
mail doesn't get bounced back?  I think its set to 5 days at the moment.

> many thanks
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Mark,

If their mail server is down, to save unnecessary processing time, you
may want to move them to a separate queue.

You can possibly do it 2 ways:
1) At the MailScanner.conf, you can specify a ruleset file for Outgoing
Queue to make sure their mail gets to the 
  backup dir (say /var/spool/mailbackup).

2) Use qtool.pl (if memory serves me right, it's under sendmail contrib
dir, but a google search will get you there) to move it to a separate
queue say /var/spool/mailbackup

   Once their exchange is up, you can run 
   /usr/sbin/sendmail -q -OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mailbackup
-OTimeout.queuereturn=10d {depends how long they are down)
-OTimeout.queuewarn=10d

   You can also, by your own preference, generate the warning message to
the sender by running the queue on /var/spool/mailbackup and tune
Timeout.queuewarn to which ever you like..  Some people expect their
mails to be as fast as IM :-)..
 

Thanks,
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Rob Robin 
Network Analyst
Green Apple, Inc.
740-653-9890
rrobin at greenapple.com
www.greenapple.com
Internet access, hosting and development solutions since 1995.

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