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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:14:34 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Jeff Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: setting sendmail.mc options?
Message-ID:  <87aat9kuqt.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <9324CE26-ECF0-44AE-B685-EC76D1A0C1C1@forestinformatics.com> (Jeff Hamann's message of "Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:53:18 -0700")
References:  <9324CE26-ECF0-44AE-B685-EC76D1A0C1C1@forestinformatics.com>

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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:53:18 -0700, Jeff Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> wrote:
> I'm sure this isn't the correct place for this question, but I'm not
> sure where to go as I only use my FreeBSD Unleashed to admin my
> sendmail.
>
> I'm a newbie at this and could use a little help.
>
> I'm trying to configure sendmail, using the freebsd port, to only
> relay mail once a day (I hate emails every few minutes), and if
> possible to hold outbound mail in the que (I think there's some que)
> until some fixed time (like 7am) so that all my mail is transferred
> then.
>
> I've tried adding:
>
> #sendmail_flags="-bp -q480m" and
> #sendmail_flags="-q120m"
>
> after my
>
> sendmail_enable="YES"
>
> and that didn't seem to work.

There are different options for each instance of Sendmail:

  $ grep 'sendmail.*flags' /etc/defaults/rc.conf
  sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server)
  sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost"
  sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (outbound only)
  sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
  $

So you have to set the sendmail_xxx_flags of the daemon you are using,
instead of the global sendmail_flags.




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