Re: [Exim] POP before SMTP

On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Guillaume Finance wrote:

> >From any experience, do u think SMTP Auth can be implemented 2 a running
> email server without interupting the service?

no. you will need 3 to 4.5 seconds outage.

> I kind of doubt about this cos exim needs to be reinstalled (make commands

if your current exim build doesn't have authenticator support built
in, and you have to rebuild and install it, then you will need 10
seconds of service outage. tell your customers it was a network
congestion outside your control ;P :)

prepare the new config beforehand, recompile exim, kill the currently
running one, install the new one, install the new config. it's really
not more than 5 secs. keep a copy of your current conf+binaries, just
iin case.

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