Author: Magnus Holmgren Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] queue merging
Anthony de Boer wrote: > Slightly obscure question, and I don't see an answer in documentation:
> can queues from two exim instances be merged?
>
> [...]
>
> Would it be possible to shut down exim, back up the queue (input/* and
> msglog/*), take it to one of the other servers, and restore it in
> together with whatever mail is already queued on that box? I can
> definitely see checking that there aren't any precisely-identical
> filenames that would get stomped, and probably want to temporarily shut
> down exim on the target host while doing the restore, but I'm wondering
> if that exim instance will find the new-to-it mail on startup or if
> something has to happen in its db/* databases?
Yes. The files in the input/ subdirectory *is* the queue - there is no
vital information stored elsewhere. Your plan should work fine.
