Re: sending mail : how does it work ???
On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 06:13:09PM +0100, frleg@infonie.fr wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know : How my mail are sent ????
>
> On my system, I have sendmail and fetchmail installed. procmail package is installed but
> I am not sure that it run (I can't see procmail when I do a ps -a).
>
> If I am offline and I send mail, they are save in /var/save/mqueue.
>
> What soft have to send them when I am on-line ? (procmail ?) How does it know if it can send
> the messages ? Can I lost the message if I disconnect while this mysterious software is
> sending the messages ?
Generally, just using the command "runq" will send out your mail. You
might want to configure it in /etc/ppp/ip.up so that your mail is sent when
you bring up your connection.
--
Rafael Kitover
rkitover@io.com
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