# Customize chatmail.ini parameters **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatmail Relays\ **Tags:** chatmail\ **Created:** [January 5, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/customize-chatmail-ini-parameters/4571 "2026-01-05T20:19:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mahescho](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/mahescho/32/3040_2.png) [@mahescho](https://forum.delta.chat/u/mahescho)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/customize-chatmail-ini-parameters/4571/1 "2026-01-05T20:19:17Z")
I’ve set up a caht relay by following this guide: [chatmail relay documentation](https://chatmail.at/doc/relay/) Every thing works as expected. Later I “found” the chatmail.ini config file. I want to change some parameters. My relay is actively used. What is the recomended way to change paramteres like max\_mailbox\_size, delete\_mails\_after, delete\_inactive\_users\_after, etc? ---
**Author:** ![Minim](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Minim](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Minim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/customize-chatmail-ini-parameters/4571/2 "2026-01-09T16:56:00Z")
Are you asking about notifying your users of the change? I think you can only do that with a note on the static webpage. ---
**Author:** ![mahescho](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/mahescho/32/3040_2.png) [@mahescho](https://forum.delta.chat/u/mahescho)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/customize-chatmail-ini-parameters/4571/3 "2026-01-12T08:37:20Z")
The question is how to change the parameters so that they take effect for all users - current and future. ---
**Author:** ![d2weber](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/d2weber/32/3008_2.png) [@d2weber](https://forum.delta.chat/u/d2weber)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/customize-chatmail-ini-parameters/4571/4 "2026-01-12T21:58:49Z")
I also just started deploying so I don’t have much experience. In my understanding, the ini file can be edited and then `./scripts/cmdeploy run` would deploy the changes (for all users of that relay) but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/customize-chatmail-ini-parameters/4571/5 "2026-10-06T15:41:31Z")