Dear Gentle Folk,
I am using smtp-source to query whether machines are properly up by
relaying mail through them to a buddy server that beeps me if 3 relays
in a row fail.
When a target machine fails, the machine running smtp-source hangs
at the perl/shell call to smtp-source, causing all other machines to
look like they are down too.
I ping each target machine first, and if it doesn't ping it doesn't
get tested with smtp-source, so the smtp-source tests other failures
other than being totally down.
How do I put a time out on smtp-source so it only tries for a few
seconds before giving up, hopefully with an appropriate failure code.
Thanks in advance,
Postfix rocks!
Homer W. Smith
CEO Lightlink Internet
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(607) 277-0959 A Green Earth, and Peace, Internet, Ithaca NY
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