Re: [exim] QT=... DT=... vs timestamp

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 10:18:20 -0400 Chris Siebenmann wrote:

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> Is it possible that cron starts submitting the message the moment the
> cron job starts (perhaps because it produces some initial output) and
> only finishes submitting it when the cron job finishes some time later?

Yes, it is a cron job.

> (On a quick test, this is what happens if you directly submit a local
> message to Exim by using '/usr/sbin/sendmail addr' and then just letting
> it sit for a while before typing the Ctrl-D to end submission and send
> it. I wound up with 'QT=11m54s DT=0s', and the timestamp on the '<='
> line was the point where I hit Ctrl-D.)

I did this test and it was as expected.


--Frank Elsner