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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564
Summary: please make smtp_receive_timeout expandable
Product: Exim
Version: 4.50
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: wishlist
Priority: medium
Component: Mail Receipt
AssignedTo: ph10@???
ReportedBy: marcin@???
CC: exim-dev@???
A short introduction on why it would be useful:
I have a bunch of hosts which only have a need for a stub MTA (ssmtp) which
does little more than open a connection to a smarthost (Exim in my case) and
just pipe any input into it without any kind of spooling on its side. It's very
convenient as it lets them send e.g. cron notifications without the overhead of
running a full-blown MTA.
However on some of these hosts the daily cronjob takes quite a while to finish,
and since ssmtp opens a connection to exim quite early, it times out as soon as
the cronjob is busy for more than 5 minutes without outputting anything.
If I could do something like this, it would solve my problem:
smtp_receive_timeout = ${if =={${mask:$sender_host_address/24}}{192.168.1.0/24}
{12h}{5m}}
But since smtp_receive_timeout can only be set to a constant value, and my
smarthost is also my internet MX (which means I don't want the default timeout
much higher than a few minutes), I will be forced to install a full-blown MTA
on my hosts.
:-(
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