On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 23:15, Cowles, Steve wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Myriam Abramson > > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 10:22 PM > > Subject: Re: sendmail help > > > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/sendmail shows > > > > DAEMON=yes > > > > QUEUE=1h > > > > > > changing to QUEUE=10m and restarting sendmail seems to have fixed it. > > The queue is processed almost instantly now, faster than 10 minutes, > > so I'm not sure what those parameters really mean. Where do we find > > documentation for those kind of things that are not standard unix? > > I don't know if redhat documents its init scripts, but the files stored in > /etc/sysconfig are sourced by the various redhat init scripts > (/etc/init.d/*). With regards to your post, the queue=1h would be expanded > to "sendmail -q1h" within the init script on sendmail startup. > > As to why your queue is not being processed per the specified interval is > confusing. I have been using sendmail for years and have never had this type > of problem. I guess you could always increase the debug level of sendmail to > see if you can spot what is happening. > > Steve Cowles > I think you have to uncomment: dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `4h')dnl in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc first then run make -C /etc/mail before the interval specified would work. What is not clear is if the specified interval in sendmail.mc or the one in /etc/sysconfig/sendmail takes precedence. Scott
