> In fact, you only need exim running if you are online (to process > possible connection errors). > > So, the minimal working situation would be schematically: > > .- On ifup --> start exim -q30m > .- On ifdown --> stop exim > .- Use "sendmail" as the MTA in your e-mail client. > .- inetd not running But... Can you qeue mail without having it running?!? (Maybe yuo can.. I was suposing you couldn't..)