Re: [exim] Forced delaying/freezing of mail?

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Author: W B Hacker
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] Forced delaying/freezing of mail?
Ted Cooper wrote:
> Marc Silver wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have a business requirement to delay all mail on a particular server
>> until after business hours. We currently have Postfix doing this for
>> us, but we're moving everything to Exim and I was wondering if there is
>> a way to do this? ie, allow mail to flow into my system all day, but
>> only release it at a particular time every day (and have it stop 8 hours
>> later).
>
> Use the queue_only thingy and don't use -qXx on the command line. Then
> use cron or something to start one at 5pm and kill it at 8am (or whenever).
>
> Exact details are in the manual
>
> I'm pretty sure that will work at you've stated above
>


Might need to set 'errors_to <someplace tolerable>

...on selected routers as well, lest a bounce trigger a massive queue run?

Not tested... but part of the reason I suggested separate /configure files
altogether.

Bill