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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: No immediate delivery for emails locally submitted in systemd unit
On 02/09/2023 03:16, Jasen Betts via Exim-users wrote:
> On 2023-09-01, Andreas Metzler via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
>> On 2023-09-01 Slavko via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
>> [...]
>>> You have several options:
>>
>>> + use forking type unit (not appropriate in all cases)
>>> + disable kill in unit (not very good idea)
>>> + setup sendwait in mailx (not with bsd-mailx)
>>> + use exim directly with -odf
>>> + use cron for repeated tasks
>>
>> + Inject the messages via SMTP, e.g. with swaks.
>
> yes, or "nullmailer" which is a /usr/bin/sendmail replacement.
> you might have to install from source as the debian nullmailer package
> conflicts with exim (because the both provide sendmail)


Kinda pointless having to use a different mailer if your system
already has Exim (which can use -odf to get around this systemd
stupidity).

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Cheers,
Jeremy


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