On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:05:06 -0400 Dan Schaefer <d...@performanceadmin.com> wrote:
> I occasionally make changes to the local.cf for custom scores and > rules and I would obviously need to restart SA. A few times in the > past, spam messages have sneaked through just as SA was stopped. If > I were to prevent this from happening in the future, would I first > stop my MTA, restart SA, and start my MTA again? Will this cause > anyone other problems with undelivered mail, especially outgoing? > Note, I usually restart during the day after adding rules/scores. > > Something like this? > /etc/init.d/postfix stop && /etc/init.d/spamassassin restart && > /etc/init.d/postfix start Could you not simply set a combination of --connect-retries and --retry-sleep that's high enough to cover the downtime?
