Using queue priorities to deliver normal messages faster

[Peter Peters]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:44:26 +0200, you wrote:

>* Julian Field <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> [2003-07-29 15:09]:
>> >Sendmail uses a priority to decide which messages should be processed
>> >first. Could it be possible for MS to change the priority for messages
>> >that are tagged as spam and/or virus so the normal messages get through
>> >faster?
>>
>> How do they store the priority?
>
>It's the P line in the qf file.
>"P line - Priority when processed from queue"
>
>P<integer>
>e.g.:
>P640561
>
>Lowest Priority is delivered first.

Good information about sendmail queues is at
http://people.freenet.de/slgig/op_en/appendix_b.html

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