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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 11:40:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pat Lashley <patl+freebsd@phoenix.volant.org>
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Subject: docs/38924: Mailwrapper(8) or mailer.conf(5) should mention periodic knob for 'submit' queue
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>Number:         38924
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Mailwrapper(8) or mailer.conf(5) should mention periodic knob for 'submit' queue
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 05 11:50:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Pat Lashley
>Release:        4.6-RC
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
      Sendmail has a separate 'submit' queue; and the daily periodic
scripts contain code to check both queues.  The code to check the submit
queue can be bypassed by a configuration option in periodic.conf.  But
none of this is obvious to someone who is installing an alternate MTA;
and leads to complaints about the unrecognized '-Ac' command-line param.

Adding a mention of the periodic option to the mailer.conf(5) and/or
mailwrapper(8) man pages would make that knob much easier to find.

(Note that I am also submitting a separate request to update the
POST-INSTALL-NOTES in the exim port.)
>How-To-Repeat:
      Install an alternate MTA that doesn't recognize '-Ac' (e.g., exim)
and run /etc/periodic/daily/440.status-mailq
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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