Re: [cobalt-developers] ETRN and MS Exchange

[Gerald Waugh <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 07 December 2001 09:17, Taco Scargo wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> > One problem I keep on facing is if the remote server is offline for more
> > than 4 hours, the sender gets the normal warning message sent back to
> > them from sendmail such as:
> >
> > 	... Deferred: Connection timed out with xxx.server.net.
> > 	Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
> > 	Will keep trying until message is 5 days old
> >
> >
> > If you know how to remove this, or defer it to the 5 days, etc then that
> > would be great!!
>
> Just look in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and search for the directive
> 'Timeout.queuewarn=4h and change that to a higher value, e.g. 96h for 4
> days.
>
Do you think that is a good idea?
Shouldn't someone sending an email, know that the mail was not
delivered within 4 hours, even that is a long time!

Gerald