Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX Version 6.10 Administration Guide (5900-1418, March 2011)

Configuring Queue Performance
The Queue Performance menu option allows you to set local values for default options found in
Sendmail. Table 6, Table 7, Table 8 and Table 9 describe these values.
Table 6 General Queue Properties
DefaultDescriptionValue
/var/spool/mqueueLocation where mail is queued and
any additional queues are defined
with this path
Default Queue Directory
/var/spool/mqueueDefault permissions for files placed in
the queue directory
Queue File Mode
priorityHow to sort messages in the mail
queue (priority, host, time, file,
random, or file modification time)
Queue File Mode
5d (5 days)Limit lifetime of a message in the
queue
Queue Timeout
600,000Factor used to compute the load factor
; used for determining when to queue
mail because of high system load
Queue Factor
8 times number of CPUs presentWhen the load average (average
number of processes in a run queue
over the last minute) exceeds this
value, mail is queued rather than
deliver them
Queue Load Average
12 times the number of CPUs presentWhen the load average (average
number of processes in a run queue
over the last minute) exceeds this
value, sendmail refuses new
connections
Queue Refuse Load Average
0 (no limit)Limit number of concurrent queue
processors
MaxQueueChildren
0 (disabled)Skip queue processing if the wait time
interval has not passed
MinQueueAge
30,000Used to penalize large recipient listsRecipient Factor
Table 7 Queue Timers
Default ValueDescriptionTimeout Items
5 daysBounce if message is undeliveredQueue Return
None(for a normal message)Q-R Normal
None(for an urgent message)Q-R Urgent
None(for a nonurgent message)Q-R Nonurgent
4 hoursWarn if message is undeliveredQueue Warn
None(for a normal message)Q-W Normal
None(for an urgent message)Q-R Urgent
Table 8 describes the Sendmail timers (timeouts waiting on an SMTP protocol event,
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