Re: [exim] Should queue processing be rewritten in Exim?

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Author: Dave Lugo
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Should queue processing be rewritten in Exim?
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> I know this isn't going to be simple but it might not be to complex.
> Exim would have to be expanded to run multiple queues rather than just
> one. Then you would have to add some logic to move messages between the
> queues should the first attempt fail. OR - send the message to a
> secondary "retry" server with a disk based queue for retry processing.
> You might also have some overflow logic should the ram drive fill up
> that it switches to disk based queueing or stops taking new connections
> on queue full.
>
> I'm thinking these kinds of changes might not take too much
> restructuring to accomplish.
>


So, write a wrapper for exipick or similar, and run a separate
exim instance for the reliable queue.

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