Changing the time an email message can exist on the mail server
You can use the queuelifetime configuration file to change the amount of time that an email message is stored in the mail server's queue. The default value is 604,800 seconds, which is one week. In the following example, the time that an email message can exist in the mail queue is doubled to 1,209,600 seconds, which is two weeks.
To change the time an email can exist on the mail server
1. Click Application Starter, Utilities, Text Editor.
2. Type the following into the Text Editor:
1209600
3. Save the file as /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime
Note
It is important that your save this file as queuelifetime. Do not include a file extension. If you do, the mail server might not read the file.