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Tuning
A number of configuration parameters are available for fine-tuning sendmail to the requirements of a specific site. Options in the configuration file set these parameters. For example, the string "T3d" sets the T (timeout) option to "3d" (three days).
Most options have default values that are appropriate for many sites. However, sites having very high mail loads may need to tune these parameters to fit the mail load. In particular, sites with a large volume of small messages that are delivered to multiple recipients may need to adjust the parameters for queue priorities.
The rest of this section describes the configuration parameters for the following tuning areas:
- timeouts and intervals
- forking during queue runs
- queue priorities
- load limiting
- delivery mode
- log level
- Timeouts and Intervals
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- Forking During Queue Runs
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- Queue Priorities
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- Load Limiting
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- Log Level
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