Date: 6 Nov 1997 21:10:11 GMT From: chris@netmonger.net (Christopher Masto) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sending mail while PPP is up Message-ID: <63tbnj$oqi$1@schenectady.netmonger.net> References: <199711062009.PAA01228@capecod.net>
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In article <199711062009.PAA01228@capecod.net>, Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> wrote:
>On my modem-bound FreeBSD-2.2.2R system, a cron job running every two
>hours brings up a PPP session, and fetches mail via POP from my ISP.
>
>I read and respond to that mail at an irregular schedule, so that
>often when I send mail, the PPP link is down. I sometimes get the
>message "Cannot send mail for five days", and wonder frequently if
>the mail ever got sent.
>
>The question: is there a signal or some other way I can communicate
>with sendmail which will cause it to attempt to send immediately?
>If so, I can put the appropriate kill command in the script which
>fetches mail.
sendmail -q
[man sendmail]
-q[time] Processed saved messages in the queue at given intervals. If
time is omitted, process the queue once. Time is given as a
tagged number, with `s' being seconds, `m' being minutes, `h'
being hours, `d' being days, and `w' being weeks. For exam-
ple, `-q1h30m' or `-q90m' would both set the timeout to one
hour thirty minutes. If time is specified, sendmail will run
in background. This option can be used safely with -bd.
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