Re: [OT] general mail questions
Tyler Smith(tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca) is reported to have said:
> Hi,
>
> I have a few questions about how mail works. I'm using mutt with exim
> on Lenny, which I use to access my pop mail account. I've noticed that
> my messages sometimes are a long time getting from the server to mutt.
> For example, if I check my email via the webmail webpage without
> starting fetchmail, I can see that I have messages waiting. If I then
> start fetchmail and refresh the webpage I see that the messages have
> been removed from the server. However, the messages don't appear in
> mutt for several minutes. Even if I restart fetchmail when I know
> there are messages waiting for me, it may still take 10 or 15 minutes
> before they actually show up in mutt. Where are the messages after
> they get pulled from the server and before they show up on my laptop?
Stuck in the exim queue. Exim defaults to 15 messages per run, IIRC.
So if you put
smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 150
in your /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template, you should see the mail
delivered faster.
I put it at the beginning of the rules. Rurun the update nad then
restart exim.
:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
Wayne
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