Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 15:10:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Rene Kahle <rene@igs.net> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mail storage Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960823150551.6591F-100000@host.igs.net> In-Reply-To: <199608231810.LAA15125@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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> Attempting to use frequent runs of the queue is not a good way to solve
> this problem, it is non-predictable.
>
> Better off to have sendmail sort mail destined to them into a seperate
> /var/spool/mqueue.${DOMAIN}, then fire up a:
>
> sendmail -q -oQ/var/spool/mqueue.${DOMAIN}
>
> This is a non-trivial thing to set up, and there are bits and pieces of
> it described in the BAT book, look in the sections on fault tolerent and
> holding someones mail for them until they come back on line.
An easier, but less elegant, way to do it is to issue a command like:
sendmail -qRdomain.com &
after starting PPP to make sendmail force the queue for domain.com at
that time.
-- Rene
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