The context is the 99% of msgs are delivered in under 10 seconds, see the "average delay" column:1.) What changes to the default value of queue timer and nr of tries are recommended?
Host/Domain Summary: Message Delivery (top 40)
sent cnt bytes defers avg dly max dly host/domain
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -----------
254 14770k 3 26.9 s 1.7 h aol.com
84 4334k 0 1.9 s 11.0 s yahoo.com
80 1865k 0 1.2 s 11.0 s hotmail.com
60 564k 0 1.2 s 2.0 s vds.com
55 4440k 68 22.4 m 3.1 h columbus.rr.com
41 1472k 1 34.2 s 19.3 m msn.com
40 1142k 0 10.1 s 20.0 s ochsendorf.com
40 702k 0 0.9 s 7.0 s methodwork.com
38 832k 0 1.5 s 13.0 s alink.com
33 738k 0 2.1 s 6.0 s earthlink.net
33 252365 0 0.7 s 3.0 s comcast.net
30 951k 0 1.6 s 4.0 s juno.com
27 39213 0 4.2 s 14.0 s bigpond.net.au
24 1800k 0 1.2 s 16.0 s zooga.net
24 94859 0 1.3 s 2.0 s go2france.com
23 464004 0 1.7 s 3.0 s adelphia.net
21 2787k 0 0.7 s 2.0 s opraonline.org
20 390466 0 1.9 s 14.0 s charter.net
19 924k 0 1.6 s 6.0 s bankone.com
18 98791 0 0.4 s 2.0 s osu.edu
16 1979k 0 2.5 s 5.0 s webtv.net
16 153895 0 1.2 s 6.0 s ashland.com
16 131681 0 1.9 s 6.0 s ameritech.net
16 36771 0 0.9 s 4.0 s country.tzo.com
15 36257 0 1.7 s 2.0 s kc.rr.com
15 23298 0 4.2 s 36.0 s easystreet.com
14 1129k 0 7.1 s 11.0 s ohio.edu
13 732k 0 5.9 s 6.0 s gw.odh.state.oh.us
12 438676 0 6.9 s 11.0 s logislc.com
12 104844 0 2.1 s 3.0 s rejacobsgroup.com
11 505126 0 2.3 s 7.0 s cs.com
11 27930 0 0.5 s 1.0 s optimumsystem.com
10 8116k 0 4.0 s 10.0 s electrolux.com
10 1049k 0 6.6 s 8.0 s netpluscom.com
10 254760 0 1.7 s 6.0 s aros.net
10 134935 0 3.3 s 16.0 s stavis.com
10 102083 0 0.6 s 1.0 s sssnet.com
On IMGate, I run 2 hours max queue lifetime, with a "delivery delay warning" at 1 hour. I also truncate the returned message to 5 Kb.
It's not very friendly to sit on a msg for 2+ days and the bounce it as undeliverable. Nothing is lost, the sender can always resend it.
Len
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