reed@??? said:
> Where does exim place the queued mail? I tried doing a mailq but
> nothing showed. (I assume mailq is for local mail?)
mailq shows all mail in the exim queue.
There is an option queue_list_requires_admin which defaults true, if
this is set you need to be an admin user or root to see the queue
listing for messages other than your own.
Also it may be worth checking that mailq is a symbolic or hard link to
the exim program itself - this can sometimes be incorrect on a system
which has been upgraded from sendmail.
I'd also agree with the sentiments Jeffrey expressed - if you are
providing mail services then you really ought to be aware of how your
mail system works. This could be contributing to the rumours that
abound about SMTP mail:-
amidgley@??? said:
> this statement has recently been trotted out in too many places to be
> conicidence, and without any alteration following dinner table
> discussions which demonstrate it to be implausible by common
> experience:
> "4% of SMTP messages just disappear"
> This is specifically not referring to misaddressed, bounced messages,
> or those to hosts which are down and generate an NDN, it is an
> allegation that SMTP messages vanish unpredictably and in large
> numbers.
Those wishing to follow this can look at the original message (on the
UKcrypto list) at
http://haig.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/I.Brown/archives/ukcrypto/0799-1099/msg0
1090.html
Nigel.
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