Re: [exim] Failover if spamd fails

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Author: Christian Schmidt
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Failover if spamd fails
Hello Brian,

Brian, 14.03.2005 (d.m.y):

> Marc Perkel wrote:
> >Here's what I want to do. I have several spam filtering servers and
> >every now and then spamd dies. And that causes the messages to queue up
> >until I fix it. Is there a way to pass the message on to another
> >router/transport if the transport fails?
> >
> >What I want to do is if spamd dies and the transport returns an error -
> >hand it off to another computer.
> >
> I use a package called daemontools to control my spamassassin and clamd.


Maybe a periodic restart of spamd (triggered by cron) could solve the
poblem (or better: fight the symptoms ;-), too...

Regards,
Christian Schmidt
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