On 12-08-22 7:32 AM, Oliver Heesakkers wrote:
> According to the introductory parapgraph of chapter 48 of the Exim
> documentation, Exim sends a message to the original sender when that message
> had been in the queue "for more than a configured amount of time".
>
> How do I configure that amount of time?
>
> Perhaps I'm just completely overlooking it, but I can't find the right
> directive in the docs. Of course $warn_message_delay doesn't set it, it just
> sets the string that goes into the warning message.
>
> I want to inform the user that his or her message is delayed, much earlier
> than what is currently the default. Say for example after 2 hours, when the
> default retry rule finishes its first ruleset. This because regularly the
> cause of the delay is a combination of a user's typo and a poorly configured
> server where that typo brings the delivery attempt.
>
> Also I wouldn't want to send the user the same warning message every two hours
> for the whole four days a message can be queued.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Oliver
>
You're looking for delay_warning, in section 14.
delay_warning = 2h
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Daryl Richards
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