1<HTML> 2<HEAD><TITLE>smfi_settimeout</TITLE></HEAD> 3<BODY> 4<!-- 5$Id: smfi_settimeout.html,v 1.16 2013-11-22 20:51:39 ca Exp $ 6--> 7<H1>smfi_settimeout</H1> 8 9<TABLE border="0" cellspacing=4 cellpadding=4> 10<!---------- Synopsis -----------> 11<TR><TH valign="top" align=left width=100>SYNOPSIS</TH><TD> 12<PRE> 13#include <libmilter/mfapi.h> 14int smfi_settimeout( 15 int otimeout 16); 17</PRE> 18Set the filter's I/O timeout value. 19</TD></TR> 20 21<!----------- Description ----------> 22<TR><TH valign="top" align=left>DESCRIPTION</TH><TD> 23<TABLE border="1" cellspacing=1 cellpadding=4> 24<TR align="left" valign=top> 25<TH width="80">Called When</TH> 26<TD>smfi_settimeout should only be called before <A href="smfi_main.html">smfi_main</A>.</TD> 27</TR> 28<TR align="left" valign=top> 29<TH width="80">Effects</TH> 30<TD>Sets the number of seconds libmilter will wait 31for an MTA communication (read or write) before timing out. 32If smfi_settimeout is not called, a default timeout of 7210 seconds is used. 33</TD> 34</TR> 35</TABLE> 36</TD></TR> 37 38<!----------- Arguments ----------> 39<TR><TH valign="top" align=left>ARGUMENTS</TH><TD> 40 <TABLE border="1" cellspacing=0> 41 <TR bgcolor="#dddddd"><TH>Argument</TH><TH>Description</TH></TR> 42 <TR valign="top"><TD>otimeout</TD> 43 <TD>The number of seconds to wait before timing out (> 0). 44 Zero means no wait, <B>not</B> "wait forever". 45 </TD></TR> 46 </TABLE> 47</TD></TR> 48 49<!----------- Return values ----------> 50<TR> 51<TH valign="top" align=left>RETURN VALUES</TH> 52 53<TD>smfi_settimeout always returns MI_SUCCESS.</TD> 54</TR> 55 56<!----------- Notes ----------> 57<TR> 58<TH valign="top" align=left>NOTES</TH> 59<TD> 60Decreasing the timeout is strongly discouraged 61and may break the communication with the MTA. 62Do <EM>not</EM> decrease this value without making sure that 63the MTA also uses lower timeouts for communication 64(with the milter and with the SMTP client). 65</TD></TR> 66</TABLE> 67 68<HR size="1"> 69<FONT size="-1"> 70Copyright (c) 2000, 2002-2003, 2006, 2011 Proofpoint, Inc. and its suppliers. 71All rights reserved. 72<BR> 73By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set 74forth in the LICENSE. 75</FONT> 76</BODY> 77</HTML> 78