Keep external user mail
(since 5.4.449.4)
There’s a new option in Mail Conferences Setup - General Tab - Conference Mail Policy (wcConfig):
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Days to Keep External User Mail (days): 7
[ ] Delete External user mail once delivered by SMTP
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Description:
The Wildcat! mail server always had a hardcoded 7 days limit for external mail. External mail is
email addressed to someone outside your system. The recipient is not local or part of your system.
During the mail packing process, Wildcat! would expire the mail in 7 days. For large systems, waiting 7 days can quickly overload your mail system when the mail was already sent. You now
have the option to change this 7 day value.
In addition, an option was added to the SMTP mail sender which will mark the message as sent
when it successfully sends the mail. If this checkbox is checked (enabled), the mail packer will immediately delete the message, not wait until it expires in 7 days.
After you upgrade to this new version and restart wcServer, it will automatically preset External
Mail Expiration days to 7 so that it behaves as before when the value was hardcoded. You will see
a one time log entry in Wildcat.log saying "+ Auto Updating Conference:" to set the default values.
Please note this new "immediate delete" option is for external mail only not local mail. If you use
this option, you will run a less stress mail system. However, it can surprise users who may want to go back an read a message and find its not there anymore because it was sent and deleted.
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