diff -u qmail-1.03-orig/qmail-qmqpc.c qmail-1.03/qmail-qmqpc.c
--- qmail-1.03-orig/qmail-qmqpc.c	Mon Jun 15 04:53:16 1998
+++ qmail-1.03/qmail-qmqpc.c	Thu Jul 16 12:17:57 1998
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "fmt.h"
 
 #define PORT_QMQP 628
+int timeoutconnect = 60;
 
 void die_success() { _exit(0); }
 void die_perm() { _exit(31); }
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
   qmqpfd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
   if (qmqpfd == -1) die_socket();
 
-  if (timeoutconn(qmqpfd,&ip,PORT_QMQP,10) != 0) {
+  if (timeoutconn(qmqpfd,&ip,PORT_QMQP,timeoutconnect) != 0) {
     lasterror = 73;
     if (errno == error_timeout) lasterror = 72;
     close(qmqpfd);
@@ -145,6 +146,8 @@
   if (chdir(auto_qmail) == -1) die_home();
   if (control_init() == -1) die_control();
   if (control_readfile(&servers,"control/qmqpservers",0) != 1) die_control();
+  if (control_readint(&timeoutconnect,"control/timeoutconnect") == -1)
+    die_control();
 
   getmess();