> Curtis: > > We're not manually creating them, these are archived queue files that > were > > pulled from the hold queue, and then later released by being dropped > into > > the maildrop queue (using the technique discussed earlier in this > thread). > > This is safe only when the maildrop queue is "stopped", that is, > > 1) No submissions with the Postfix sendmail command while these > files are in the maildrop directory, otherwise mail will be > lost. > > 2) No pickup daemon and no postsuper command, otherwise pickup will > read incomplete files and throw them away, or it will make > duplicate deliveries as files get renamed.
Based on earlier conversations in this thread (from February), it was determined to be safe to drop messages into the maildrop queue if we created the files using a unique filename and mode 0600, and then switched them to mode 0700 once the file was ready. Hopefully that's still true... Curtis > > Wietse
