graceful shutdown

Stephen Swaney steve.swaney at FSL.COM
Sat Dec 13 17:26:37 GMT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Robin M.
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 10:24 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: graceful shutdown
>
> If I do
> kill `/usr/sbin/check_mailscanner`
> will this cause a problem with mail that it is currently working on ?

This will not work. Mail will still be received but since MailScanner is not
running, this mail will just pile up in the incoming mail queue. It will not
be processed, delivered or relayed.

Steve

Stephen Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
steve.swaney at fsl.com
www.FSL.com



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