Sendmail 8.11.1 Release Notes

a. The total time spent in satisfying a socket control request can be set using
the ‘Timeout.control’ option. The default setting for this option is:
#O Timeout.control=2m
b. The resolver’s transmission time interval (in seconds) can be set using the
‘ Timeout.resolver.retrans’ option. This option sets the ‘
Timeout.resolver.retrans.first’, which sets the resolver’s
transmission time interval (in seconds) for the first attempt to deliver a
message. It also sets the ‘Timeout.resolver.retrans.normal’ option.
The default setting for this option is:
#O Timeout.resolver.retrans=5s
#O Timeout.resolver.retrans.first=5s
#O Timeout.resolver.retrans.normal=5s
c. The frequency of resolver query retransmission can be set using the
‘Timeout.resolver.retrans.normal’ option. This option sets the ‘
Timeout.resolver.retry.first’ option for the first attempt to deliver
a message. It also sets the ‘Timeout.resolver.retry.normal’ option
for all resolver lookups except for the first delivery attempt. The default
setting for this option is:
#O Timeout.resolver.retry=4
#O Timeout.resolver.retry.first=4
#O Timeout.resolver.retry.normal=4
2. DataFileBufferSize
This option can be used to control the maximum size of a memory-buffered
data (df) file before a disk-based file is used. The default setting for this option
is:
#O DataFileBufferSize=4096
3. XscriptFileBufferSize
This option can be used to control the maximum size of a memory-buffered
(xf) transcript before a disk-based file is used. The default setting for this
option is:
#O XscriptFileBufferSize=4096
4. MaxAliasRecursion
The maximum depth of an alias recursion can be specified in the sendmail.cf
file using this option. The default setting for this option is:
#O MaxAliasRecursion=10
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