Re: Exim queue runner interval

From: Greg Folkert (greg_at_gregfolkert.net)
Date: 11/05/04

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:50:10 -0500

    On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 19:52 -0500, Udo Hoerhold wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I installed the exim4 package, and it looks like the default configuration has
    > a queue runner going every 30 minutes. I'd like to change this to a shorter
    > interval. The exim daemon is started by /etc/init.d/exim4, the line is:
    >
    > start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/exim4/exim.pid \
    > --exec $DAEMON -- -bd -q${QFLAGS}${QUEUEINTERVAL} \
    > ${COMMONOPTIONS} ${QUEUERUNNEROPTIONS} ${SMTPLISTENEROPTIONS}
    >
    > I changed:
    >
    > QUEUEINTERVAL='30m'
    >
    > to:
    >
    > QUEUEINTERVAL='5m'

    Where did you change it?

    If you didn't change it in /etc/default/exim4 then you didn't change it.

    >
    > However, ps reports that the deamon is still running with these options:
    >
    > /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
    >
    > Does anyone know what needs to be changed to get the exim deamon to run with
    > the shorter queue interval? (Yes, I did restart the daemon after the
    > changes, in fact I rebooted the machine) ;-)

    Cheers. 

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