On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 04:21:40PM +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > Joao Pedro Clemente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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). -- Lukasz
