Re: [EXIM] clarification on use of LMTP

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Author: Vadim Vygonets
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] clarification on use of LMTP
Quoth Philip Hazel on Tue, Apr 20, 1999:
[LMTP]
> Indeed, but it contains this paragraph:
>
>    It would be desirable to use SMTP over a local inter-process
>    communication channel to transfer messages from the queue manager to
>    the delivery agents.  It would, however, significantly increase the
>    complexity of the delivery agents to require them to manage their own
>    mail queues.

>
> A "local inter-process communication channel" could be taken to mean a
> pipe.


How about FIFO, or, better yet, PF_UNIX?

Vadik.

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