timeout calling local sendmail

fluxent at gmail.com fluxent at gmail.com
Fri Aug 11 08:08:52 EDT 2006


That seems applicable to writing an SMTP server/daemon, but is it
necessary for a script client calling a local SendMail daemon?

Tim Williams wrote:
>
>
> RFC 1123
>
> http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1123/109.htm
>
> I find that a timeout of 120 seconds is the bare minimum.   If the
> timeout  is too short you get a condition where the email is received
> succesfully but appears to the sending server to have failed and a
> retry may occur - so the recipient gets multiple copies.
> 
> HTH :)




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