On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 07:54:21PM +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote: > 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.
It will be worth restoring it in the same order, that is, writing the non -H files out first, and then writing the -H files with a non -H name, and then rename those into place. This will mean that the right things happen. Cheers MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://colondot.net/ (Please use this address to reply) -- ## 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/
