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Connections and Timeouts

You can specify the length of time the Clearswift Gateway waits for various actions to occur and the maximum number of connections.

To specify connections:

1. From the System Center Home page, click Mail Settings. The Mail Settings page appears.
2. Click Advanced Settings to display the Advanced Settings page. The connections area lists the maximum number of outbound connections.
3. Move the mouse pointer over the Connections area and click Click here to change these settings.
4. Edit the required number of connections and enter a value between 0 and 500.

5. Click Save.

To specify timeouts:

1. From the System Center Home page, click Mail Settings. The Mail Settings page appears.
2. Click Advanced Settings to display the Advanced Settings page. The Timeouts area lists the current settings for each timeout.
3. Move the mouse pointer over the Timeouts area and click Click here to change these settings.
4. Edit the required timeouts.

• Seconds to wait for establishing a delivery connection, that is, a response to a connection attempt for sending outbound messages. The default setting of 0 specifies that the timeout defaults to the system value set for connection attempts. Typically, this is 60 seconds. You can enter a smaller value to reduce this default.
• Hours to wait before non-delivering a message on the Ready for Delivery queue.

  Non-delivering a message means sending the sender a Non-Delivery message.  

• Hours to wait before discarding non-delivery messages that the system cannot deliver.

5. Edit the remaining setting to configure how the system handles messages where delivery has been deferred.
6. Click Save.