Hello Venky, Am Chris, currently maintaining / developing msmtpq.
Yes, the connection tests have been fixed and, so far, no one here has complained... First, sorry, I didn't know about the differences with the Mac platform 'ping', assuming that they run a GNU userland. I really know nothing about the Mac platform; as a specialised case it would likely be best for you to modify the parameters relevant 'ping' line(s) yourself. However, please, then, send me your mods so that I can incorporate them into the general msmtpq docs. (Thanks in advance.) As to your new script - great! - thanks for it. I hope it's useful to others. As to msmtpq for your case, I would have suggested that you modify it for your specific needs (connection testing on a per server basis) - but your new script is a better solution yet. My original purpose in writing msmtpq was to make a simple utility function for generalised use; your use is very specific; it would be a serious development project to attempt to generalise msmtpq for many specific cases. Finally, as to running the queue, it can be done manually with msmtp-queue -r . Under Debian(-based) systems one could investigate inserting a simple script in a place like /etc/network/if-up.d (or even /etc/ppp/if-up.d) to check the queue and 'run' (flush) it if necessary (and desired). The script would contain 'msmtp-queue -r' and run as the current user. I'm not sure where such a script would be placed on RedHat(-based) systems, although it shouldn't be very difficult to discover. On the Mac, sorry but I have no idea. (But there must be such a facility available...) So thanks for this idea, I'll explore it as a possible msmtpq enhancement. Any feedback from the list as to this would be welcome... Best, Chris On Sun 19.Apr'15 at 8:54:21 +0530, Venky TV wrote: > Hi, > > I tried using msmtpq for offline use on my Mac, and found that the script > has a couple of platform dependencies (ping command line options, for > instance) and even with those fixed, has issues with connection tests which > Allen mentioned here: > > http://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/mailman/message/33502912/ > > (Sounds like at least some of these have been fixed in the latest version > though, but Homebrew on Mac has still not pulled in the latest code.) > > In any case, I also have a couple of other requirements: > > - I use msmtp with multiple accounts and while on VPN to my office network, > and depending on where I am, I sometimes want my personal mail to get > queued but my office mail to get sent out immediately, etc. The connection > tests in msmtpq are all-or-nothing right now, while I need the queue > manager to try connecting to the appropriate SMTP server before deciding > whether to queue or send each email. > > - I need the queued mail to get flushed as soon as I get back online, and > not stay in the queue (as seems to be the case with msmtpq currently) until > I send another email. > > Wrote a replacement Ruby script which does these and a couple of other > things. It also has some basic queue management features, though not as > comprehensive as msmtpq. The script is available here: > https://github.com/venkytv/msmtp-offline > > Maybe some of you might find it useful. > > Cheers, > Venky. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT > Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard > Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises > http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ > source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF > _______________________________________________ > msmtp-users mailing list > msmtp-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msmtp-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ msmtp-users mailing list msmtp-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msmtp-users
