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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 15:10:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rene Kahle <rene@igs.net>
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Subject: Re: mail storage
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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