On 27 Apr 2003 08:10:28 +0530
Suresh Ramasubramanian <linux@???> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-04-27 at 08:05, Sascha Carlin wrote:
> > 1. exim is started by 'exim -bd'.
> > 2. we do 'exim -q' and wait for exim flushing (i. e. sending and
> > devliering all mails in the queue).
> > 3. we power-off the system.
> you don't even need to start exim as a daemon.
Well, it runs 24/7, so at the time we want this flushing to happen, exim is running.
> exim -qff -v - and have a manualroute driver to handoff outbound mail > to a smarthost would be a great idea. Make things far faster.
Speed isnt soo important, most important is that the queue is emptied properly.
Thanks so far Suresh, -qff -v look good ;)
Regards, Sascha
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