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Article #3525Re: sendmail and queuereturn time length
From: Tim Warnock
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 10:42
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 news:bgih9b$1np$3@merki.connect.com.au... > 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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,3f84f8c477d9b4b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 10de99,3f84f8c477d9b4b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10de99,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-03 03:42:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Tim Warnock" <timoid@nospam.getonit.net.au> Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,aus.computers.linux Subject: Re: sendmail and queuereturn time length Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:42:54 +1000 Organization: Customer of Connect.com.au Pty. Ltd. Lines: 76 Message-ID: <bgiovb$lr1$1@gnamma.connect.com.au> References: <bgdhrd$71m$1@gnamma.connect.com.au> <bgih9b$1np$3@merki.connect.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: timoid.lnk.getonit.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: gnamma.connect.com.au 1059907371 22369 210.8.120.171 (3 Aug 2003 10:42:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@connect.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Aug 2003 10:42:51 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165