Have your application exit with error 111 if the db server is down, qmail
will try the delivery again later.
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Michael Amster wrote:
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:58:27 -0800
> From: Michael Amster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Cc: Fred Leeflang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Best way to defer mail from an application
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> Hi:
>
> We are writing an application which takes mail and uses a database to do
> some operations before delivery. If the database server is down (it
> happens), we'd like to defer the mail rather than build a temporary
> queue. What's the best way to defer an incoming mail without causing
> bounces? Is it safest to just take down the mail server until the
> database is brought back up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -MA
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