Michael,

Wouldnt it be easier *not* to take your database offline?


Uwe Kiewel wrote:
> Michael Monnerie schrieb:
>> On Mittwoch, 26. März 2008 Paul J Stevens wrote:
>>   
>>> What is supposed to be offline, and what is returning the OK messages
>>> then?
>>>     
>>
>> I want to take the DB server offline, so before that I switch 
>> on "management mode" on the mailserver. Example:
>> /etc/init.d/dbmail stop
>> /etc/init.d/dbmail-maint start
>> (or better: dbmail-util --maintenance=on)
>>
>> This starts daemons listening on 110,143 etc. which simulate a POP/IMAP 
>> connection, just returning OK on all activities (USER, PASS, LIST, 
>> etc.).
> well, but...
> 
> If you put dbmail-* to maintenance mode due to database maintenance, how
> dbmail can check username/password?
> 
> Regrads,
>     Uwe
> 
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