Hi Alexander, On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 22:10, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Indicates me - from the notification by Sendmail saying that the sender > was set using -f parameter - that you are using Evolution configured > with using Sendmail in the send email options. I would suggest you use > SMTP. Using "Sendmail mode" explains why you mails are queued and not > delivered immediately. The standard queue time is 1 hour. So not > restarting Sendmail but waiting 1 hour will also lead to the "effect" > that the queued mail is delivered. I switched to SMTP and this is looking good now. I will have to check what happens just after a reboot. By the way, sometimes, my messages were queued much more that 1h ( almost half day as I flushed the queue when I noticed that) > That is no problem but caused by your usage of Sendmail. Instead of > switching the config of Evolution you could as an alternate change the > queue time. To do so edit /etc/sysconfig/sendmail and change > > "QUEUE=1h" to something like "QUEUE=5m" for instance. That will cause > the queue runner process not to try to empty the queue every 60 minutes > but every 5 minutes. After that change you need to run "service sendmail > restart" to activate the change. I keep this in mind, but I am now giving a try to SMTP. > Regards to Chiangmai :) Was there 3 years ago. Was a nice time there, > lovely night market. Well, if you come back, we will share a drink ;-) Thanks a lot for your kind and quick answer, perfect for my level of knowledge about mails issues . Regards, Philippe PS : mail sent via SMTP -- Philippe, Chiangmai, Thailand(e)
