[syslog-ng]Message retension period

[Jim Mozley]

I have a remote server running syslog-ng collecting messages from 
network devices that are local to it and transferring them to a central 
server using TCP. This is to avoid messages being lost when UDP is used 
a a network problem occurs. All works as it should and I have tested 
breaking the link between the local collection station and the central 
server; the messages are passed to the central server when the link is 
restored.

I had a question regarding how long the remote server will hold on to 
the messages when it cannot pass them to the central server. Is this a 
time dependent parameter, memory limit or hard coded somewhere? I 
couldn't find a destination driver configuration parameter for this in 
the documentation.

Jim Mozley