Symantec 10744983 - Mail Security 8320, Administration Manual

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SMTP Defaults page–delivery settings describes SMTP delivery configuration
message settings for your site.
Table 2-3 SMTP Defaults page—delivery settings
Description Item
Sets the maximum number of simultaneously allowed external
connections. Additional attempted connections are rejected.
The default is 100 connections.
Maximum number of
external connections
Sets the maximum number of connections allowed to all defined
internal mail servers. Additional connection attempts are
rejected. The default is 100 internal mail server connections.
Maximum number of
connections to all internal
mail servers
Sets the maximum number of connections to one internal mail
server. Additional connection attempts are rejected. The default
is 50 connections.
Maximum number of
connections per single
internal mail server
Sets the smallest interval the SMTP server waits before trying
to deliver a message again. The default is 15 minutes.
Minimum retry interval
Sets the time after which an undelivered message times out
and is rejected from the queue. The default is 5 days.
Sent message time-out
(Unix/Linux only) Sets a time-out period for deletion of
messages in your bounce queue. This can be particularly useful
in environments where you cannot configure LDAP settings.
The default is 1 day.
Bounce message time-out
Sets the time a message waits in the mail queue before
notification of nondelivery is sent. The default is 4 hours.
Message delay time in
queue before notification
(Unix/Linux only) Reverses the default delivery MTA interface
bindings. Check this box if messages back up in the delivery
queue due to routing issues.
Reverse Address Binding
Strategy
33 Configuring system settings
Configuring host (Scanner) settings