Suse Linux 8.1 - Queued messages do not get sent - why not?
I have Suse Linux 8.1 installed. When I use mailq to view the message queue on the system I get: linux:~ # mailq -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient------- 4BCAA18D12 4720 Thu Jan 2 12:17:59 WAYNE.MORGAN@TAGSOFT.COM (temporary failure) TONY@TAGSOFT.COM WAYNE@TAGSOFT.COM E288518D1A 891 Thu Jan 2 12:17:59 john@tagsoft.com (temporary failure) JOHN@TAGSOFT.COM -- 5 Kbytes in 2 Requests. linux:~ # If I start kinternet, a connection is successfully established with our internet service provider but the emails do not get sent. Why? Any help would be appreciated. John Ryrie.
On Thu, 02 Jan 2003, John just had to get this off his chest:
I have Suse Linux 8.1 installed. When I use mailq to view the message queue on the system I get:
linux:~ # mailq -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient------- 4BCAA18D12 4720 Thu Jan 2 12:17:59 WAYNE.MORGAN@TAGSOFT.COM (temporary failure) TONY@TAGSOFT.COM WAYNE@TAGSOFT.COM
E288518D1A 891 Thu Jan 2 12:17:59 john@tagsoft.com (temporary failure) JOHN@TAGSOFT.COM
-- 5 Kbytes in 2 Requests. linux:~ #
If I start kinternet, a connection is successfully established with our internet service provider but the emails do not get sent. Why?
You've probably configured the mailserver to be on a dailup box. That means you'll have to initiate a queue delivery yourself with 'mailq -q' In /etc/postfix/main.cf you find 'defer_transports = smtp' See /etc/postfix/sample-rate.cf for explanation. You can add 'mailq -q' to /etc/ppp/ip-up.local to kick the queue when a connection is established. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 27N , 4 29 45E. SuSE 8.0 x86 Kernel k_Athlon 2.4.19-4GB See headers for PGP/GPG info.
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