Anthony de Boer wrote: > Slightly obscure question, and I don't see an answer in documentation: > can queues from two exim instances be merged? > > [...] > > Would it be possible to shut down exim, back up the queue (input/* and > msglog/*), take it to one of the other servers, and restore it in > together with whatever mail is already queued on that box? I can > definitely see checking that there aren't any precisely-identical > filenames that would get stomped, and probably want to temporarily shut > down exim on the target host while doing the restore, but I'm wondering > if that exim instance will find the new-to-it mail on startup or if > something has to happen in its db/* databases?
Yes. The files in the input/ subdirectory *is* the queue - there is no vital information stored elsewhere. Your plan should work fine. -- Magnus Holmgren -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
