Stopping MailScanner (gracefully?)

[Julian Field]

At 21:42 29/07/2002, you wrote:
>Is it "safe" to stop MailScanner by just doing a `kill <pid>'?

Yes.

>I.e. does MailScanner do any signal trapping and graceful exiting
>on the receipt of a TERM signal?

No, but it takes great care at startup to clear up from any previous
stoppage (which could have been a power-out or a reboot).

>   Or, if killed as above will things
>be left half-done and intermediate files left behind, etc.?

It will clear up and pick up where it left off. No messages will be missed
at all.

>If MailScanner *does* pay attention to signals, can you do a
>`kill -HUP <pid>' to make it re-read the configuration file?

This is one of the features on the wishlist already.
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