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Feb 19, 2006, 8:46 AM
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:09:15PM, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> This is probably a stupid question but here goes ..
>
> How do I increase the length of time that messages can stay in the queue
Define it here /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime in secs
> before qmail gives up? The default is 3 days, right?
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> The use case is that I have a 24/7 server receiving email and forwarding
> it to a branch office server which is only switched on during the day.
> Three days should be enough, but I don't want to start rejecting email
> if the branch office is disconnected for 4 days (this is India and
> strange things happen). A 15 day queue is probably enough though.
>
> I suppose I could use serialmail (or fetchmail) to copy the mail but
> then I'd need to poll the server from the branch office every 5 minutes
> or so (true?).
>
> Is there some other solution I haven't considered?
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> Thanks.
>
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