> Will james cope gracefully with the jdbc exceptions if/when these tables are locked? (In particular, will delivery/spooling/processing be deferred--will I lose emails?)
Don't count on it. I would establish this by testing it, rather than rely on anyone else's opinion. James doesn't cope well with db's "going away" and coming back again, but if James doesn't think that the connections are bad it may just wait and retry until the operation suceeds. You won't be able to persist incoming mail during the outage, which is a risk. > If not, is it possible/advisable to suspend james' operation programmatically? If you're using cron to schedule your db admin use cron to stop & start James. SMTP allows for outages by mailservers without loss of messages, so the issue is really about whether your users can be cajoled into accepting any. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Linabery, sysadmin/developer World Cycling Productions --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** The information in this e-mail is confidential and for use by the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient) please notify us immediately on 0141 306 2050 and delete the message from your computer. You may not copy or forward it or use or disclose its contents to any other person. As Internet communications are capable of data corruption Student Loans Company Limited does not accept any responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. For this reason it may be inappropriate to rely on advice or opinions contained in an e-mail without obtaining written confirmation of it. Neither Student Loans Company Limited or the sender accepts any liability or responsibility for viruses as it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). Opinions and views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and may not reflect the opinions and views of The Student Loans Company Limited. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
