Re: [vps-mail] mail queue is not flushing

["Bennett Lanford" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Edwards <chris.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

> Hi
> 
> When I run
> >virtual sendmail -bp
> 
> I find that about 85% of the messages say this:
> (Deferred: Connection refused by mail.beachlink.com.)
> 
> Also, the messages in the queue go back to the 22nd.  This would indicate
> that sendmail tries for 3 days to send the email?

That sounds about right. (Periods of 3 and 5 days are pretty common.) You can configure the amount of time in the queue in sendmail.cf. There are also sendmail options to change the expiration time--including one to make the files expire "now".

On VPS1, I think the system mailqd cleans out old queue files after 3-4 weeks (in case some orphans are left in the queue).

-- 
Bennett Lanford
ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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