On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 18:18:09 +0200, Felix Havemann <felix@???>
wrote:
>I run exim4-daemon-heavy (from backports) on a debian sarge machine and
>I wonder why this is: I have configured timeout_frozen_after = 3d but I
>have frozen mails in my queue that are over 100 days old.
I suspect that you have changed the split configuration and are
actually running non-split or vice versa. What does /usr/sbin/exim4
-bP timeout_frozen_after say?
>I am also
>curious wether the queue runs really take place. Is it better to start
>the daemon with the -qxm option (x is 30 in this case) or should I
>rather run a cronjob to do the runs?
As documented, Philip recommends using -qxm (which Debian does by
default every 30 minutes) because otherwise the load control
mechanisms are cancelled. If your system is reasonably large, you
might want to reduce the queue runner interval.
Greetings to my old hometown
Marc
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