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- From: mcrowley@MtHolyoke.edu (Michael A. Crowley)
- Subject: Re: sendmail syntax for 'T' option ?
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- References: <1992Dec21.073657.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:48:54 GMT
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- mccalld@vax.sonoma.edu wrote:
- > Greetings:
- > Whats the syntax for the 'T' option in the sendmail call statement.
- > I'd like to get the queue to hold messages for 3 weeks instead of the
- > default 3 days!
- > Is it T21 ?
- > thanks
- > dmc
-
- Many users do not know of the "mailq" command or any other invokation
- of sendmail. They assume that messages are delivered within a
- reasonable amount of time.
-
- A three week delay before a truly undeliverable message is returned
- to the user could pose problems for both the user, the manager
- that the user then questions, and for the system that has
- a larger backlog of pending messages.
-
- The technical answer was posted, but I am _very_ curious about
- the factors that would lead one to want a 21 day queue.
- (A system unconnected most of the time which has a low
- probability of making all its connections?)
-
- .mac.
-
-