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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:10:24 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysinstall DOESN'T ASK, dangerous defaults! (Was: Re: wats so  special about freeBSD?)
Message-ID:  <20000922221024.F367@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000922103446.A25222@mithrandr.moria.org>; from nbm@mithrandr.moria.org on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 10:34:46AM %2B0200
References:  <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <cjclark@reflexnet.net> <99016.969437392@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20000920125405.D22272@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000921113652.053d4960@localhost> <20000921210521.A17973@mithrandr.moria.org> <39CA8E45.7DA45048@softweyr.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20000921182152.046d6ee0@localhost> <20000922103446.A25222@mithrandr.moria.org>

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 10:34:46AM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
[snip]

> email clients use sendmail to send mail.  If sendmail isn't running, it
> doesn't queue.  We'll just lose that mail to a black hole.  That isn't
> obvious.

sendmail does queue unsent mail. It is not lost. The queue can be
processed manually (or from a crontab) by running,

  $ sendmail -q

-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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