[Mimedefang] [OT] Sendmail timeouts

[Jason Bertoch [Electronet]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com 
> [mailto:mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com] On 
> Behalf Of Stephen Johnson
> 
> I've been trying to set some more aggressive timeouts in sendmail than
> the defaults. This is to stem the tide of stale connections (most
> seemingly from spam sources) that keep chew up resources on my mail
> front-end. The various things I've tried have not really 
> helped all that
> much. And the sheer number of timeout values make it's difficult in
> choosing what to tune.
> 
> So my plea to the collective list wisdom is what do you folks 
> use? What
> values would you recommend I try?
> -- 

I've had luck with the following settings in my .mc:

define(`confTO_INITIAL', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_COMMAND', `5m')dnl
define(`confTO_ICONNECT', `15s')dnl
define(`confTO_HELO', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_MAIL', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_RCPT', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_DATAINIT', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_DATABLOCK', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_DATAFINAL', `5m')dnl
define(`confTO_RSET', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_RESET', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_QUIT', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_MISC', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_COMMAND', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_IDENT', `0s')dnl
define(`confTO_FILEOPEN', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_CONTROL', `1m')dnl
define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `2d')dnl
define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN_NORMAL', `2d')dnl
define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN_URGENT', `1d')dnl
define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN_NONURGENT', `2d')dnl
define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `2h')dnl
define(`confTO_HOSTSTATUS', `5m')dnl



Jason A. Bertoch
Network Administrator
jason at electronet.net
ElectroNet Intermedia Consulting
3411 Capital Medical Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(V) 850.222.0229 (F) 850.222.8771