Robert Ameeti at 2002-02-16 15:02 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Are you referring to pop down at: Server/General.../Delete Failed Messages
Yes. >Mine was at 1 month. I had not noticed that 'feature' before. I've >changed it to 6 hours as I figure that if the users smtp mail server >isn't up within that period, it should not be my problem. That is not how it works. A message only attains "failed" status, after the SIMS has repeated tried to deliver it, at the configured interval, for the configured number of times. So, your changing this to 6 hours will have the effect of, SIMS deleteing messages, 6 hours after the message attains "failed" status. To expand, lets say your settings are retry every half hour and retry 48 times, then if SIMS fails to deliver the message after 1 day (30 minutes X 48 attempts = 1440 minutes = 24 hours) the message attains failed status and 6 hours after that SIMS will delete it. I am afraid I have to disagree with you on your statement about 6 hours and it not being your problem. There are a number of conditions that might result in a SMTP server being down for periods much longer than 6 hours. In any case, the relevant RFC recommends that servers retry for 4-5 days. >>I have found if you do that with CommuniGator, SIMS decides to >>retain every message in its Q, irrespective of status. Changing it >>back to month or week or whatever, does not change this behaviour - >>you have to use the web interface to change it to something else and >>then it does as expected. > >Now a follow on 'stupid' question, How do I find out about the web interface? Using CommuniGator, change the HTTP Service Settings to something other than 0 channels (5 is enough); then, using a web browser connect to port 8010 of the server (e.g. http://server.domain.com:8010/ OR http://#.#.#.#:8010 - where #.#.#.# is the IP address of the system on which SIMS is running). >>I find this "feature" extremely useful; please, do NOT "fix" it (in >>the event you decide it is a bug). > >Curious. How do you find that a program that does not do what it says >it is going to do, an advantage, or beneficial? Oh well, in this specfic case, one of the things I use it for is to track messages that would otherwise get lost in my InBox (mine is huge, by most standards - thousands of messages) due to people sending the message from a computer that does not have the correct date configured. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
