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Re: sendmail and queuereturn time length

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From: Tim Warnock
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 10:42
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OK I placed it under the 'feature's and that has worked like a treat

Thanks for your help :)

-- 
Thanks
Tim Warnock

ISP Technical Manager
GetOnIt! Nationwide Internet.
1300 88 00 97
timoid (at) getonit.net.au
"will kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message
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> In aus.computers.linux Tim Warnock <timoid@nospam.getonit.net.au>
wrote:
>
> > i have added:
>
> > define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN',`10d')dnl
>
> > to sendmail.mc
>
> > hoping to allow one of my servers to be a backup mail exchange.
>
> > however:
>
> > when I run make, it is regenerating the relevant .cf file, but is
not
> > updating it to 10 days, rather staying at the default of 5 days
>
> that should work. however, *where* have you added that statement?
there's
> a "correct" order for statements in the .mc file, if you want it to
work
> properly. this is one of the .mc files i've used successfully:
>
> divert(-1)
> # sendmail config for dialup system. will 15/9/01
> divert(0)
> include(`../m4/cf.m4')
> VERSIONID(`beer sendmail config')dnl
> OSTYPE(linux)dnl
> DOMAIN(`generic')dnl
> FEATURE(`use_cw_file')dnl
> FEATURE(`mailertable')dnl
> FEATURE(`virtusertable')dnl
> FEATURE(`local_procmail')dnl
> FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
> FEATURE(`access_db')dnl
> define(`SMART_HOST', `mail.smartchat.net.au')dnl
> define(`confTRUSTED_USERS', `will')dnl
> define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `7d')dnl
> define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `24h')dnl
> MAILER(local)dnl
> MAILER(smtp)dnl
>
> "FEATURE"s first, "define"s next, "MAILER"s last. i'm not 100%
certain of
> what bits of the order really matter, but it ought to be either in
the
> sendmail/cf/README or in the sendmail faq at www.sendmail.org.
>
> the other thing is, you use 'make' to build that file. have you
tried:
>
> m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf
>
> ? if you haven't got the "include(`../m4/cf.m4')" statement (above)
in
> sendmail.mc, you'll need:
>
> m4 ../m4/cf.m4 sendmail.m4 > sendmail.mc
>
> will
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