The problem is one of my sites has over 60,000 mmembers it tries to send emails to. Would it be more effective to send 25 emails a minute then them all at once?
Thanks for the retry rules I will use that. Dave Evans-10 wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 11:46:54AM -0700, Andrew Rosolino wrote: >> >> Ok we have a serious problem.. there is over 9,000 messages in the mail >> queue >> and a lot of them are over 4 days old!! I dont understand why there is >> messages over 4days in it because we have it set up like so. >> >> delay_warning = 100d >> queue_run_max = 15 >> deliver_queue_load_max = 5 >> auto_thaw = 1d >> ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d >> timeout_frozen_after = 3d > > If you want to throw away messages sooner, you need change your retry > rules: > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch32.html > >> So it tried to send the message for 5 minutes and then timedout and kept >> the >> message on the list? I am assuming it keeps trying to process these >> messages >> and wasteing 5 minutes on each one.. why doesnt it just delete them if >> they >> timeout. > > Failure to connect is a temporary error, not a permanent error. You'd be > upset if your legitimate email was deleted after the first delivery > attempt, > just because it couldn't connect at that time. > >> Or how can I make it timeout after 1 minute instead of 5. > > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch30.html#SECID146 > but I really don't recommend changing it. > > Maybe a better approach would be to work out why you've got so many > messages > in the queue in the first place. Maybe > http://wiki.exim.org/FAQ/Policy_controls/Q0744 will help you? > > -- > Dave Evans > Power Internet Limited, registered in England #03053650 at Norfolk House, > 82 Saxon Gate West, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 2DL. > For more information, see http://www.powernet.co.uk/~davide/about-powernet > > > -- > ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/ > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Exim-Timeout..-Mail-Queue-Backed-Up.-tf4268499.html#a12163098 Sent from the Exim Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
