Re: [Exim] queued message management

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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Aan: sys044
CC: yann, exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] queued message management
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 sys044@??? wrote:

> Yes I have fallen into the terminoligy problem


Don't we all. English is not mathematics. Humpty Dumpty rules OK.

> a. for queue, I really meant spool
>
> As far as the 3.10 manual is concerned "queue" is the acceptable
> term. I appreciate that the term is now not the correct one to use.


I talk about mail queues because in the wider, non-Exim world, that is
an accepted term. Just as long as you understand

Q: When is a queue not a queue?
A: When it is a collection of messages in an Exim spool directory.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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