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Date:      Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:00:41 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Radan login <radan@uk.radan.com>
Cc:        jim@corp.au.triax.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help with sending a PR
Message-ID:  <19990208130041.Y86778@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990208011624.D547@localhost>; from Radan login on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 01:16:24AM %2B0000
References:  <36BC8418.F90E22AA@uk.radan.com> <xzp3e4jl5ay.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <36BCFCE6.2A48575A@uk.radan.com> <19990207151411.A86778@freebie.lemis.com> <36BE1A19.E21D508D@uk.radan.com> <19990208105057.A1021@corp.au.triax.com> <19990208011624.D547@localhost>

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On Monday,  8 February 1999 at  1:16:24 +0000, Radan login wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:50:57AM +1100, Jim Mock wrote:
>> Make sure it's running.  It'll take care of the sending by itself.
>> Unless you've disabled it, it starts on bootup from /etc/rc.conf.
>> Look for this part..
>>
>> sendmail_enable="YES"   # Run the sendmail daemon (or NO).
>> sendmail_flags="-bd -q15m" # -bd is pretty mandatory.
>>
>
> Ah, sendmail_enable was set to "NO" (IIRC that is advised in the docs
> for settin g up ppp). I've changed it, started ``sendmail -bd'', so
> I'm going to see if it sends this message.

You'll want to run the queue from time to time.  Otherwise if you
can't deliver a message the first time (for example, due to network
congestion or because the other end isn't responding), you'll never
get it sent.  Try:

  sendmail -bd -q30m

This will run the queue every 30 minutes.

Greg
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