Config Options for Messaging Server 4.x
Settings related to SMTP
hazel
last updated: April 16, 1999



Config Options Index

green means the option is documented in the admin guide and available through the console

Description:

Default value:
Flags:
Syntax:
First available in version:
Conflicts with other settings:
Does it require server restart to take effect?
Can it be changed while server is running?



Settings related to SMTP

service.smtp.counterdeltatime

Description: Internal counter collection time, in seconds.  This configuration is used to reset three SNMP counters (TransmitMsgsInterval, RcvMsgsInterval, RcvVolumeInterval), to zero.  If this setting value is 10,  it will reset every 10 minutes.  This is used to track within the delta time frame, how many messages were transmit/received.

Default value: 10
Flags: none
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.defaultdomain

Description: Used to complete addresses without domains.

Default value: null (empty)
Flags: none
Syntax: DNS domain name
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.deferredperiod

Description: Time between deferred/SMTP-Deliver queue checks, in seconds.

Default value: 3600
Flags: none
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.docanonicalize

Description: To set the server to canonicalize addresses.  For example, if server.smtp.defaultdomain is company.com, and service.smtp.docanonicalize is set to yes, then mail sent to hazel@melody will be completed as hazel@melody.company.com.  There are instances in which this doesn't work in 4.0x, but it will be fixed for 4.1.

Default value: yes
Flags: none
Syntax: one of yes, no
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no, but service.smtp.defaultdomain must be set.
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.doclientdnslookup

Description: Lookup hostname of mail server sending mail.

Default value: no
Flags: none
Syntax: one of yes, no
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.domainlangtable

Description: Table of domain to language mappings.   This is used to set the 'right' language for any country or domain from which the server get mail (for return msgs - bounces, vacation replies, etc.)

Default value: fr fr$de de$es es$jp ja
Flags: none
Syntax: string
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.domainname

Description: Host server domain.

Default value: null (empty)
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP (means that restart of SMTP service is required for change to take effect.)
Syntax: DNS name
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.foreignpercentaddr

Description: If yes, then  % type addressing for incoming mail is allowed.

Default value: no
Flags: none
Syntax: one of yes, no
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.ldappoolsize

Description: Number of connections to User and Group LDAP server. This should almost never be changed. The default setting is pretty good for most loads, and  we use caching and with decent hardware (for large systems), there should not be a need to change  it. However, if by monitoring, one finds an excessive number of LDAP queries  that are slowing things down, then this number should be bumped up.

Default value: 32
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP  (means that restart of SMTP service is required for change to take effect.)
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.localdefaultmaxruncount

Description: This setting is not used.

service.smtp.localdefaultminruncount

Description: Default thread count for modules.  This is the value used if any of the (local - i.e. all but SMTP-Accept) modules doesn't have a minruncount of it's own set.

Default value: 1
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.maxqueuetime

Description: Maximum days to keep deferred mail.

Default value: 4
Flags: none
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.messagehostname

Description: Server name(s) for this mail server.

Default value: blank
Flags: none
Syntax: comma separated host names
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.networkdefaultmaxruncount

Description: This setting is not used.

service.smtp.networkdefaultminruncount

Description: Default thread count for SMTP processes.

Default value: 1
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.numenvelopequeuefiles

Description: Number of envelope log files in the control directory.  Note that during log file roll over, there will be up to twice as many envelope log files in that directory.  (If you have this set to 10, there may be 20 during rollover.)

Default value: 20
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.rolloverdelta

Description: Minimum time in minutes between two rollovers. This setting is used to avoid rapid-fire back to back rollovers, if the rollover size setting is too small.

Default value: 1
Flags: none
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.rolloversize

Description:  size in MB that an envelope log file is allowed to grow before rollover is started.

Default value: 20
Flags: none
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.routstripimapfolders

Description:  If True then we won't try to do folder addressing (i.e. people can send mail to joe+project_purple@here.com and we'll put the msg into joe's project_purple folder).

Default value: no
Flags: no
Syntax: one of yes, no
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? no
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

service.smtp.sslusesslrelay

Description: Use SSL relay when connecting to another MTA.

Default value: no
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP
Syntax: one of yes, no
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? yes

Settings related to smtp specific to modules (account-handler, autoreply-handler, error-handler, mailbox-deliver, prog-deliver, smtp-accept, smtp-deliver, smtp-router, unix-deliver.)

service.smtp.*.log
service.smtp.account-handler.log, service.smtp.autoreply-handler.log, service.smtp.error-handler.log, serivce.smtp.mailbox-deliver.log, service.smtp.prog-deliver.log, service.smtp.smtp-accept.log, service.smtp.smtp-deliver.log, service.smtp.smtp-router.log, service.smtp.unix-deliver.log

See settings related to logs

service.smtp.*.maxruncount
service.smtp.account-handler.maxruncount, service.smtp.autoreply-handler.maxruncount, service.smtp.error-handler.maxruncount, serivce.smtp.mailbox-deliver.maxruncount, service.smtp.prog-deliver.maxruncount, service.smtp.smtp-accept.maxruncount, service.smtp.smtp-deliver.maxruncount, service.smtp.smtp-router.maxruncount, service.smtp.unix-deliver.maxruncount

Description: These settings are not used.
 

service.smtp.*.minruncount
service.smtp.account-handler.minruncount, service.smtp.autoreply-handler.minruncount, service.smtp.error-handler.minruncount, serivce.smtp.mailbox-deliver.minruncount, service.smtp.prog-deliver.minruncount, service.smtp.smtp-accept.minruncount, service.smtp.smtp-deliver.minruncount, service.smtp.smtp-router.minruncount, service.smtp.unix-deliver.minruncount

Description: Default thread count for the specified modules.

Default value: account-handler 10, autoreply-handler 2, error-handler 2, mailbox-deliver 10, prog-deliver 2, smtp-accept 32, smtp-deliver 20, smtp-router 20, unix-deliver 2
Flags: MSG_RESTART_SMTP
Syntax: positive integer
First available in version: 4.0
Conflicts with other settings: no
Does it require server restart to take effect? yes
Can it be changed while server is running? no