Re: Using exim efficiently on a dialup machine
On 09 Sep 2002, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Hi List
>
> Some weeks ago I switched from kmail to mutt/exim. At first I did not
> realize that exim did not deliver several e-mails, some to the list, and
> some private ones. I saw using "exim -bs -bp", that those mails are
> marked '*** frozen ***'. I don't know why this is the case, I'm sure I
> was online when sending them from within mutt.
> So, how can I "defrost" the frozen messages and get them sent?
> How do I configure exim so that it looks if ppp0 is up and then retries
> to send the messages instead of freezing them? (Is this possible at all?)
> Or what is the favoured way for a dialup machine to send mails from
> within mutt?
>
> Any input is greatly appreciated, tell me if you need some snippets from
> my current exim.conf.
In /etc/ip-up.d/exim I have the following line:
/usr/sbin/exim -qff
This sends any frozen messages automatically whenever I log on.
AC
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