Re: online/offline exim config
From: "Lukasz Wiechec" <lwiechec2@space.pl>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 04:21:40PM +0100, François TOURDE wrote:
> > Joao Pedro Clemente <jpcl@rnl.ist.utl.pt> writes:
> >
> > > I haven't understood this reply: If you just start exim when you get
> > > online, what happens when you try to send mail while offline? If exim is
> > > not running, will it not fail?!?
> >
> > Exim is always ready on my laptop. Not started directly, but using inetd
> > capabilities...
> >
> > /etc/inetd.conf:
> > [...]
> > smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
> > [...]
> >
> > So, when I send local mail, it is queued.
> >
> > Once connected, exim is started with -qf option by script in /etc/ifplugd/
> > or any software you can use for plug/unplug mode.
> >
>
> This works fine, thanks (the easiest solution stands usually right
> in front of one's eyes :-).
>
> The only concern I have is that when I'm unplugged, I need to wait ~5sec
> for exim to accept mail (normally it's being sent right away).
That sounds like it must be the time required to start from inetd. If you run
exim as a daemon, it can do exactly the same things without the startup
overhead.
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