On Thu 10 Sep 1998, Jim Knoble wrote:
> I have a setup that deals specifically with dialup-type systems. It's
> based on the following:
>
> - Exim is configure to queue remote messages (queue_remote) and
> deliver local ones immediately.
>
> - Remote mail is delivered directly via SMTP (could also be delivered
> to a smart relay).
>
> - The SysV initscript starts Exim with no queue-running (exim -bd).
>
> - The /etc/ppp/if-up script restarts Exim with a queue-runner (exim
> -q10m -bd).
>
> - The /etc/ppp/if-down script restarts Exim without the queue-runner
> again.
>
> This works incredibly well for me (much better than smail ever did).
I got a similar suggestion via private email, and this is currently
looking like the best way of handling things in the existing exim
environment.
> If you like, i can make the various scripts (it's on Red Hat Linux 4.2)
> available from my web page.
If you could, that would save me some basic research :-) I use Debian 2.0,
but that's not too different from RH to pose a problem here.
Thanks,
Paul Slootman
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