Reduce rfc1413_query_timeout default from 30s to 5s.

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/README.UPDATING b/src/README.UPDATING
index cfcc08375..05f89f40e 100644
--- a/src/README.UPDATING
+++ b/src/README.UPDATING
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/src/README.UPDATING,v 1.10 2005/12/12 15:58:53 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/src/README.UPDATING,v 1.11 2006/02/20 16:31:49 ph10 Exp $
 
 This document contains detailed information about incompatibilities that might
 be encountered when upgrading from one release of Exim to another. The
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ that might affect a running system.
 Exim version 4.61
 -----------------
 
-The default number of ACL variables of each type has been increased to 20, and
-it's possible to compile Exim with more. You can safely upgrade to this release
-if you already have messages on the queue with saved ACL variable values.
-However, if you downgrade from this release with messages on the queue, any
-saved ACL values they may have will be lost.
+1. The default number of ACL variables of each type has been increased to 20,
+and it's possible to compile Exim with more. You can safely upgrade to this
+release if you already have messages on the queue with saved ACL variable
+values. However, if you downgrade from this release with messages on the queue,
+any saved ACL values they may have will be lost.
+
+2. The default value for rfc1413_query_timeout has been changed from 30s to 5s.
 
 
 Exim version 4.54
diff --git a/src/src/configure.default b/src/src/configure.default
index 6b09309ad..e581288c6 100644
--- a/src/src/configure.default
+++ b/src/src/configure.default
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.6 2005/11/21 10:00:26 ph10 Exp $
+# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.7 2006/02/20 16:31:49 ph10 Exp $
 
 ######################################################################
 #                  Runtime configuration file for Exim               #
@@ -192,10 +192,11 @@ host_lookup = *
 # are disabled. RFC 1413 calls are cheap and can provide useful information
 # for tracing problem messages, but some hosts and firewalls have problems
 # with them. This can result in a timeout instead of an immediate refused
-# connection, leading to delays on starting up an SMTP session.
+# connection, leading to delays on starting up SMTP sessions. (The default was
+# reduced from 30s to 5s for release 4.61.)
 
 rfc1413_hosts = *
-rfc1413_query_timeout = 30s
+rfc1413_query_timeout = 5s
 
 
 # By default, Exim expects all envelope addresses to be fully qualified, that
diff --git a/src/src/globals.c b/src/src/globals.c
index 5dc7ccd37..58b032145 100644
--- a/src/src/globals.c
+++ b/src/src/globals.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/globals.c,v 1.50 2006/02/14 16:18:14 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/globals.c,v 1.51 2006/02/20 16:31:49 ph10 Exp $ */
 
 /*************************************************
 *     Exim - an Internet mail transport agent    *
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ uschar *return_path            = NULL;
 BOOL    return_path_remove     = TRUE;
 int     rewrite_existflags     = 0;
 uschar *rfc1413_hosts          = US"*";
-int     rfc1413_query_timeout  = 30;
+int     rfc1413_query_timeout  = 5;
 /* BOOL    rfc821_domains         = FALSE;  <<< on the way out */
 uid_t   root_uid               = ROOT_UID;