En Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 07:25:29AM +0800, Bob Williams escribio:
#_ On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
#_
#_ > I don't queue outgoing mail though. I have QMail send out messages right
#_ > away. I have a virtual dedicated link to the Internet via a SLIP interface
#_ >
#_ Is it reasonable for a dial-up user to queue e-mail mail as well? Can the
#_ MTA's do this? I was keeping quiet until I read the fine manual (Postfix
#_ here), but since it came up....
#_
#_ Unfortunately, demand dialing can be a headache down here...using Pine for
#_ this, the client gets hung until the mail is out. This can vary from a
#_ slight delay to an eternity if the dialup fails. I'd like to have it so
#_ the user doesn't see that delay. I know that a month or two ago I
#_ suggested Postponing composition and then sending when you have a
#_ connection. This has many shortcomings. Queuing the mail seems like the
#_ only way. Suggestions???
If you are using Postfix, you can que the outgoing mail. I put this in my
/etc/postfix/main.cf:
defer_transport = smtp
Then to send out the que'd mail:
root]# sendmail -q or
user]$ /usr/sbin/sendmail -q
hth
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