Re: [Exim] hold_domains = *

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Author: Ray Jackson
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To: Frank Elsner
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] hold_domains = *
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Because we are an ISP and host mail for hundreds of domains! We are doing the
migration at 5am in the morning and it should be done by 6am...

'hold_domains = *' is the easiest thing to do :)

Quoting Frank Elsner :

> On Thu, 06 May 2004 18:44:00 +1200 Ray Jackson wrote:
>> Quick question:
>>
>> Tomorrow we are migrating our entire mail store to a new filer.
>> This will mean
>> switching off POP/IMAP access to the mail store for around 1

hour.
>> However, we
>> wanted to force all mail to be queued during the migration to

avoid bouncing
>> mail... From what I read all we need to do is add the following

line to our
>> exim config...
>>
>> hold_domains = *
>
> Why hold ALL and not only the domains the mail store is

responsible for ?
>
> --Frank Elsner