smtpd.conf expire doesn't over-ride already queued messages about opensmtpd

[toddfries]

This will adjust the envelopes in the queue dir while smtpd is not looking as long as the above behavior persists. Use with care...

find /var/spool/smtpd/queue -type d -name envelopes | while read d; do find $d -type f | while read f; do grep -v "^expire:" $f > $f.tmp && { mv $f.tmp $f; echo "expire: $((3600_14_24))" >> $f; }; done; done

[poolpOrg]

We may need to better document this indeed because the decision was taken that smtpd.conf changes do not impact already queued envelopes as it is hard if not impossible to perform "smart" updates. An envelope in queue retains the same configuration as it had when it was accepted.

Expiry is different and could be handled correctly but then we'd have to document that some envelope fields are affected and others aren't.

I guess the proper fix is:

1- document better that behaviour to make sure it is well assimilated by admins;
2- extend smtpctl to allow updating some of the envelope fields

Then an admin can easily perform manual updates which can't be blamed on smtpd trying to be smart.
Want to give a try at fixing the man page at least for now ?

[ericfaurot]

wontfix