On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 07:02:55PM +0530, System Administrator wrote:
> Hi dave
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> but i have a problem now. i.e. there is no file with that name in the
> control directory. just by creating that file, help ?
>
> please let me know as soon as possible.
If the file isn't there it defaults to the mentioned 604800, i.e. one week.
If you create the file with a lower value in it, that's the value that will be used.
> regards,
HTH,
Steffan
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Dave Kelly wrote:
>
> > If you have messages in the queue that are 4-5 days old, chances are
> > probably good that they are messages that can't be delivered for one reason
> > or another. After a week, they should clear themselves out by bouncing to
> > postmaster with a message stating why the were undeliverable.
> >
> > You can change how long stuff remains in the queue by putting the number of
> > seconds you want in /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime. The default is
> > 604800, which is one week.
> >
> > -D
>
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