You _can_ actually set these...got to HKLM>System>CurrentControlSet>Services>SMTPD32>Parameters and add the DWORD values RECVTimeout and SENDTimeout. Then set these to what ever value in seconds (decimal) you want....By default they are set to 2 min
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] TTL settings > > >We are having a problem with our ISP and AOL. After talking with my ISP, > >they suggested the workaround of Upping the TTL setting on our mail server > > TTLs are usually applied to DNS records. > > >due to mail timing out. > > That's not TTL, that's "SMTP timeouts". I don't think Imail exposes that > "knob" in the GUI, but you could step through the Imail registry to see if > such a timeout is in there as a default value. > > But I don't think Imail SMTP timeout modification, if available in Imail, > is going to help. AOL's MX are usually very efficient in sucking millions > of msgs. Avg delay to send to AOL is under 5 seconds. Today, they are a > bit slower: > > Host/Domain Summary: > > sent cnt bytes defers avg dly max dly host/domain > -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----------- > 375 18636k 0 19.4 s 2.6 m aol.com > > but you can see there is not one deferral. The above is for IMGate SMTP > settings (lotsa knobs to play with in IMGate) : > > smtp_connect_timeout = 120s > smtp_data_done_timeout = 60s > smtp_data_init_timeout = 60s > smtp_data_xfer_timeout = 60s > smtp_helo_timeout = 60s > smtp_mail_timeout = 60s > smtp_quit_timeout = 60s > smtp_rcpt_timeout = 60s > > The above are fairly generous, since they are at least 3 times longer than > the average total delivery delay of today's slower AOL. > > >I am running 7.13, and have looked in the FAQ's but have found nothing so > >far. Any suggestions? > > If you have Imail SMTP timeouts, these will be seen in your Imail logs as > deferrals of msgs when Imail tries AOL. > > Len > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
