[ILUG] sendmail and backup mx...

[kevin lyda]

let's say there is a mail host primary.foo.tld.  it has a backup
mx called backup.foo.tld.  primary has to go down for about a day.
sendmail on backup will queue the mail, but it will start sending out
warning messages a the 4 hour mark.  can that time be changed *just*
for its backup mx role?

i still want the warnings for queued mail sent at 4 hours from backup
(which is the primary mail server for another domain).  but for the mail
being queued for primary.foo.tld i want it held quietly for a day.

essentially i currently have this:

    dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `4h')dnl
    dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `5d')dnl

and i'd really like:

    dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `primary.foo.tld', `1d')dnl
    dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `primary.foo.tld', `30d')dnl
    dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `default', `4h')dnl
    dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `default', `5d')dnl

i'm guessing in sendmail you would do this with separate queues?

kevin

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