>Is there a way to just pause postfix ie. keep it from accepting mail ( >SMTP connection ) but not rejecting it for a short period -- 1 maybe 2 >minutes?
not afaik, if smtpd is running, it's going to apply all the smptd restrictions to each msg. >The situation is : when the update of the relay_recipients.map and >transport.map happens we are getting a few rejected messages ( from the >loudest customers ) because those files are in the process of being >built so are empty or missing entries. I know it shouldn't be so but it >is happening ; probably because there are 10,000+ entries in the >relay_recipients.map. hmm, when you postmap relay_recipients.map manually, how long does it take? it's only during that the the .db will be unavailable. >If there isn't I'm planning on stopping postfix there's no problem with it, although if you ar carrying large mailq, then it can takes several minutes for postfix start for it to accept > ( mail will bounce but >the other mx system should pick it up ) yes, "connection refused", so they should re-try later, or try lower preference MX > at the beginning of the script >then restarting it after. > >Better/other ideas? no Len
