delay=
The total time to deliver syslog equate
A mail message can be delivered immediately, without
ever having been queued, or it can be queued and
retried over and over again until it either times
out or succeeds. The delay=
shows the total amount of time
the message took to be delivered. This period of
time starts when sendmail first
receives the message and ends when the message is
finally delivered or bounced. This interval is
displayed with the delay=
syslog line equate:
delay=DD+HH:MM:SS
The time expression shows the time it took in hours
(HH
), minutes
(MM
), and
seconds (SS
) to
handle delivery or rejection of the message. If the
delay exceeds 24 hours, the time expression is
prefixed with the number of days (DD
) and a plus
character. For example, the following message took 5
seconds to deliver or bounce:
delay=00:00:05
The following message took 4 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 2 seconds to deliver or bounce:
delay=4+02:16:02
Note that the delay=
syslog equate is shown only for
recipient records.
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