[Exim] BUG: mailq doesn't behave as expected

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Autor: Rusty Russell
Data: 2001-01-26 06:22 -000
A: ph10, exim-users
CC: mark
Assumpte: [Exim] BUG: mailq doesn't behave as expected
Hi all,

    Running Debian, Exim version 3.20.  Caught out very badly (2
hours + $50, long story) recently by the discovery that `mailq'
silently doesn't list my outgoing messages (sent using nmh, which
calls sendmail -bs).


    IMHO, it's a bug to have sendmail compatible commands which
aren't.  If you really want this, pick one:
    1) remove `mailq'
    2) have it return an error if non-root and --only-my-own-mail not
       specified, OR
    3) please have it clearly output that it is NOT showing you
       all the mail.


    Documenting it is *not* enough; I didn't read the
documentation because I *know* what mailq does.


Cheers,
Rusty.
--
Premature optmztion is rt of all evl. --DK