Re: [exim] How to defer (ie deliberately delay) delivery

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Autor: Marc Haber
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Para: exim-users
Assunto: Re: [exim] How to defer (ie deliberately delay) delivery
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:49:31 -0500, owen@??? wrote:
>A user has requested a feature whereby he can *delay* the delivery of
>a mail until a fixed time (eg 22.00h). The idea is that the mail is
>generated asynchronously during the day and submitted immediately to
>exim, but with a header like "Deliver-At: 22.00". The mail should then
>sit in the queue until the first queue-run after 22.00h. Then we
>should detect it and send it to the smart-host for final delivery.


First, modify your smarthost router to decline mails that have a
"Deliver-At:" header. Then, write a second smarthost router that will
defer messages until the time specified in the Deliver-At: header has
passed.

Greetings
Marc

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