> Juan Miguel Cacho wrote:
> > 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
TY, I figured it was in there - but hadn't taken the time to look for it
yet. That helps greately
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, fooler wrote:
> why use sendmail if you have already postfix to do it?
It's just the wrapper, PostFix is masquerading as Sendmail.
>
> regarding to your demand dialing outgoing mail problem, why not point your outgoing
> mail to your isp smtp instead using your local smtp. this trick will offload some
> resources on your server. every time your workstation send an email, it will
> directly send to your isp smtp instead to your local smtp. so that you dont have to
> worry queued emails.
This would work if I was 24/7 OR if I could reliably get a link whenever a
user wanted to send mail. Since my application is currently just a single
Linux box with multiple users, not a LAN, this is essentially what I do
with PINE - since PINE can be configured to use the ISP's SMTP. But, as I
said, when the link doesn't come up (quite common) the user is left
hanging until it times out. Unpleasant. Using a queue seems like a very
logical, and simple, solution.
Bob
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