[ic] mailq

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Dan Browning)]

At 02:35 PM 4/26/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>IC 4.8
>
>If a end-user submits an order it generates an email to myself through
>cat_name/etc/report and as well sends a confirmation to the end-user through
>cat_name/etc/mail_receipt.
>
>However, if the end-users mailhost decides to shut down or do anything that
>causes a (Deferred: Connection ...) then their copy sits in my
>/var/spool/mqueue.
>
>Now because I do not have a mailserver on my Web server (turned on), I only
>execute the Sendmail. Therefore, these mailq's will sit in the
>/var/spool/mqueue and will never get sent, correct?
>
>Q: How can I invoke the mailq to try and resend these emails.
>
>TIA, Greg

sendmail -q

But it is off topic, see the sendmail documentation/mailing lists.  Typical 
configurations will automatically try to resend for 5 days and then return 
to sender.

HTH, HAND,

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