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<p class=MsoNormal>Over the last few days, I’ve been building a mail
relay on Solaris using sendmail. The box is also running the latest version of
MailScanner, so mail can get checked before going out.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I edited the sendmail startup script, and added MailScanner
and a sendmail queue runner. I’ve ran into something strange though now,
and I’ve got a few questions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Mail was sitting in outbound queue for a long period of time
after being processed by MailScanner. I had set the queue runner to process
mail every 15 minutes, so that’s understandable. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I set the queue to run peristantly with the “-qp”
option, and mail now gets delivered immediately after scanning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I thought though that MailScanner kicked off a sendmail
process to deliver the message immediately after scanning. Is that a incorrect
assumption?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have five main production boxes that deliver mail on
average 10 seconds or less after MailScanner finishes scanning them, and they
have a sendmail queue runner at running every 15 mins. They have a large volume
of mail going through them though.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>So could someone explain this to me?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>David Gottschalk <br>
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