Now just try restarting the mail server and check.

You have set the time in the configuration file queuelifetime using "echo 200 > /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime".

This is a backup done by your editor.
As the previous poster said, it just writes 200 in /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime overwriting any existing value.

If it still doesn't work, could you tell us how did you install qmail? Are you using a package like qmailtoaster or qmailrocks?

Hi

pls reply

Regards
Amar

What reply are you waiting for? Have you done what was proposed in my previous post? And if yes, what happened?
You may also post some logs here to see what happens to an external email.
Also you didn't say how you've installed qmail.

Hi

ok
Regards
Amar

Hi
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-showctl |grep queuelifetime

shows output as
queuelifetime: Message lifetime in the queue is 200 seconds.

queuelifetime~: I have no idea what this file does.


and

echo 200 > /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime

shows nothing output

Regards
Amar

Read again my post #17 above.

Hi

installed using package like qmailtoaster

Looks like qmailtoaster uses the same file and in the same location, even though it's default time is 86400 (1 day), so I don't know why it's not working for you.
Try to restart qmail again, flush the queue and watch or post here the relevant logs

It shouldnt give you any output, as it is placing the number 200 in /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime

So if you really want to see the output, open the file /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime

using your favourite editor, like vi or nano.

or

and you will see

HI

i make qmailctl restart and qmailctl doqueue and then check qmailctl queue it shows output as
[root@mail ~]# qmailctl queue
messages in queue: 8
messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0
15 Jun 2011 09:38:42 GMT #5440147 2500 <#@[]>
remote postmaster@mail
11 Jun 2011 23:00:02 GMT #5441872 1259 <eceived: (qmail 18458 invok>
remote postmaster@mail
15 Jun 2011 09:40:01 GMT #5440332 1275 <anonymous@mail.abc.in>
remote postmaster@mail
15 Jun 2011 09:38:45 GMT #5440223 2500 <#@[]>
remote postmaster@mail
13 Jun 2011 12:45:02 GMT #5448510 1263 <eceived: (qmail 28039 invokZ>
remote postmaster@mail
15 Jun 2011 09:39:01 GMT #5440347 2500 <#@[]>
remote postmaster@mail
15 Jun 2011 09:38:49 GMT #5439637 587 <amar.tlk@abc.in>
remote amar.tlk@yahoo.com
15 Jun 2011 09:38:57 GMT #5440419 2500 <#@[]>
remote postmaster@mail


Regards

Amar

Hi,

All these mails in queue are to postmaster, except the one to yahoo. This one should expire after 200sec and sent back to sender. According to queue, the sender is amar.tlk@abc.in. If neither the sender is a local account, it will bounced after another 200sec to postmaster.
The fact is that your postmaster account is not correct (postmaster@mail). You should edit /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster and put in there your userid

BTW what's in your /var/qmail/control/locals file?

Hi
in /var/qmail/control/locals file contain mail.abc.in abc.in is my local domain
what is purpose of editing my id in /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster


Regards
Amar

They should be both in there, if you want to accept mail for amar.tlk@abc.in

postmater should be aliased to an existing account, if you want to be informed when there is some problem with your mailserver. If you are the administrator, it should contain your userid (eg. amar.tlk)

Thanks

Your solution works !!!!!!!


Regards
Amar