I believe that Imail doesn't keep a "retry" timer per message, but instead simply attempts to process every message in the queue at each queue run, which is every 30 min by default. If the T line equals the retry limit it creates a postmaster message and deletes the message.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goran Jovanovic Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:58 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Lengthening Time for Store and Forward Retry Thanx Darrell, The document does not cover how IMail knows when to retry, when does the 30 minute (or whatever) retry counter run out. Do you know where that info is? Does not seem to be in the Q file Goran Jovanovic The LAN Shoppe > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:36 PM > To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Lengthening Time for Store and Forward > Retry > > Here is a KB article that covers them > > http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20030324-DM01.htm > > Darrell > > Goran Jovanovic writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I know that all the retry info is in the Q*.SMD file. Can someone answer > > a couple of things > > > > QC:\IMail\spool\Da13385c70072c6c1.SMD > > Hmail1.gonetworks.net > > Ia13385c70072c6c1 > > T34 > > E0, > > S<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > X1 > > V0 > > NRCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > R<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I have figured out some of it but what is T34, E0, X1 and V0. From what > > I can see T34 is the retry number. Also how does IMail know when to rety > > the message? I have turned off Failed Domain Skipping. Where is the next > > retry time info kept? > > > > Is there a document that describes all this? > > > > Thanx > > > > > > Goran Jovanovic > > The LAN Shoppe > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:29 PM > >> To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com > >> Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Lengthening Time for Store and > > Forward > >> Retry > >> > >> Dan, > >> > >> Yes, you can adjust the retry times on the SMTP process "tries before > >> returning to sender" and on the Queue Manager process "retry time". > >> "Tries > >> before returning to sender" * "retry" = length of time you will > > attempt > >> delivery of the mail. > >> > >> Hope that helps, > >> Darrell > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude > > And > >> Imail. IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, SURBL/URI > > integration, > >> MRTG > >> Integration, and Log Parsers. > >> > >> > >> Dan Geiser writes: > >> > >> > Hello, All, > >> > I had a question about IMail. > >> > > >> > We do store and forward spam filtering for a lot of customers. If a > >> > customer's incoming SMTP server is down, e.g. because of a power > > outage, > >> > IMail will only try 20 times before returning the messages to the > >> sender. > >> > This equates to about 10 hours. Is there any way to lengthen the > > amount > >> of > >> > time or number of retries that IMail will attempt to resend Store > > and > >> > Forwarded e-mail? > >> > > >> > Thanks In Advance, > >> > Dan Geiser > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > E-mail scanned for viruses by Nexus (http://www.ntgrp.com/mailscan) > >> > > >> > --- > >> > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > >> (http://www.declude.com)] > >> > > >> > --- > >> > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > >> > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > >> > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > >> > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > >> > >> > >> --- > >> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > >> (http://www.declude.com)] > >> > >> --- > >> This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. 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