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Steve Curtis

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Jan 7, 2001, 7:27:26 PM1/7/01
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We use sendmail to queue mail for a higher priority mail server. If that
mail server fails to connect within a 4 hour period the above warning is
generated.

What option / feature do I modify to either increase the time before the
warning is generated or disable it altogether?

Thanks

Steve

Thomas Schulz

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Jan 8, 2001, 10:07:05 AM1/8/01
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In article <978913404.26515.0...@news.demon.co.uk>,
In your m4 file you can add

define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `16h')dnl

change the 16 to whatever value you want.

This will cause the line

O Timeout.queuewarn=16h

to appear in your sendmail.cf file.
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Tom Schulz
sch...@adi.com

Steve Curtis

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Jan 9, 2001, 7:39:04 AM1/9/01
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I set it to 6d but I still get the 4 hour warning, any ideas?

Thanks

Steve

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Thomas Schulz

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Jan 9, 2001, 9:51:06 AM1/9/01
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Did you restart sendmail so that it would pick up the new sendmail.cf?
You can do that by sending a HUP signal (do a man on kill) to the sendmail
daemon.

Also, it is not logical to set the warning time to a value larger than the
return time (which defaults to 5 days). You can set the return time with
define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `7d')dnl

Do you really want such a long time, or were you just testing? Usually
you will want to know about delays in mail delivery long before 6 days.

Tom Schulz
sch...@adi.com

In article <979043702.28479.0...@news.demon.co.uk>,


Steve Curtis <st...@srcurtis.com> wrote:
>I set it to 6d but I still get the 4 hour warning, any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Steve
>
>"Thomas Schulz" <sch...@adi.com> wrote in message
>news:G6unBu.GH1...@adi.com...
>> In article <978913404.26515.0...@news.demon.co.uk>,
>> Steve Curtis <st...@srcurtis.com> wrote:
>> >We use sendmail to queue mail for a higher priority mail server. If that
>> >mail server fails to connect within a 4 hour period the above warning is
>> >generated.
>> >
>> >What option / feature do I modify to either increase the time before the
>> >warning is generated or disable it altogether?
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >Steve
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> In your m4 file you can add
>>
>> define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `16h')dnl
>>
>> change the 16 to whatever value you want.
>>
>> This will cause the line
>>
>> O Timeout.queuewarn=16h
>>
>> to appear in your sendmail.cf file.
>> --
>> Tom Schulz
>> sch...@adi.com
>
>


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Tom Schulz
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