Ian Masters skrev: > Hello, > > I've set up a local mail server with Postfix 2.3.3 and Dovecot 1.0.7 on > CentOS 5.2. > > This is the first time I've used Postfix. > > I can send and receive local mail which, for the moment, is fine. > > When I tried to send a mail to an external mail address, the delivery > failed, but I did not get a mail from the server notifying me of that. > > Using "mailq" I can see that the mail is languishing there: > > (connect to alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.163.27]: Connection > timed out) > > I'd like to know why I didn't get notified. > > According to http://www.postfix.org/bounce.5.html: > "The Postfix bounce(8) server produces delivery status > notification (DSN) messages for undeliverable mail, > delayed mail, successful delivery or address verification > requests. > > By default, these notifications are generated from built- > in templates with message headers and message text." > > I'm presuming that means that, without adding anything to > /etc/postfix/main.cf, that I should be getting some kind of notification > about the mail problem from Postfix. > > Have I misunderstood this? > > If notifications are sent by default, I need to discover why I didn't > get one. > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > I'd like to know within about 5 or 10 minutes if there is a problem with > a mail I've sent. > > Thanks > > Ian Masters > > Set delay_warning_time to 5m or 10m
delay_warning_time (default: 0h) The time after which the sender receives the message headers of mail that is still queued. To enable this feature, specify a non-zero time value (an integral value plus an optional one-letter suffix that specifies the time unit). Time units: s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days), w (weeks). The default time unit is h (hours). /Max