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

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Author: owen
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Subject: Re: [exim] How to defer (ie deliberately delay) delivery
Quoting Marc Haber <mh+exim-users@???>:

> 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.


Many thanks to Chris and Marc for helpful insights. I am working on a
solution and will post it back later for posterity :-)

Rgds,
Owen

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> Marc
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