Re: [exim] way to delay by time of day?

On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 11:09:18PM -0700, OpenMacNews wrote:
> hmmm ... noone working on Sat nite =)
>
> a question abt what i thought was going to be a simple task -- varying smtp
> delay by time of day.

/slightly/ more elegant:

one cronjob to vary /etc/exim/DELAY
    echo "DELAY = 55s" >  /etc/exim/DELAY

including this in exim.conf:
     .include /etc/exim/DELAY

then using the DELAY macro in exim.conf
    delay = DELAY

so the cronjob just has to HUP exim.


or:

use an acl variable (e.g. acl_m9) which is set from a "warn" acl
which checks a condition for date.

raw idea:

    # default 
    warn    
        set acl_m9 = 10s
    # increased on weekends
    warn 
        condition = if sat or sun
        set acl_m9 = 55s

    ...

    # usage
    warn
        delay = $acl_m9
        ...

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