Wouldn't queue_only in the main part of the configuration file do the trick
(running the daemon with just the -bd option)? Then, when you want the
queue to be processed you use exim -q
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Jones [
mailto:garyjones@linuxfreemail.com]
Sent: 02 March 2001 17:41
To: exim-users@???
Subject: Re: [Exim] Delaying outgoing mail
On 1 Mar 2001, Jeff Green <jeff@???> wrote:
> >I'm on a dialup, and what I want to do is delay anything that might
> >cause a connection to be established (including dns lookup for the
> >smarthost) until I tell exim to go ahead
> I resolved this by adding the smarthost's address (and all local clients)
> to /etc/hosts and adding
>
> queue_remote_domains = *
Tja. I wanted to avoid doing that if I could, as should it ever
change IP I'd have a broken setup. Oh well, if it can't be helped...
> to the global configuration section, then adding
>
> # Send all mail to a smarthost
>
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = "* smarthost.somedomain.com bydns_a"
Aha! Thanks very much :)
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Gary
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