On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Gary Mason wrote:
> My confusion comes with the fact that the process table shows the sendmail
> line, as expected, but still includes the old sendmail command line options
> -bd -q15m -om.
That's right. Exim is "plug compatible" in that it recognizes the same
command line options. Most Unix MTAs do.
> Does Exim still use the sendmail configuration file as well as it's
> own configuration file, or am I doing something very wrong here.
No, it uses its own configuration file. But it does use (a number of)
the same command line options as sendmail.
> The reason I ask is that when I send emails, whether to local or remote
> domains, they always get sent straight away. I wanted local emails to be
> delivered immediately, but remote emails to wait until the q15m forced a
> send.
Set queue_remote_domains=* in the Exim configuration file.
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