* Victor Duchovni <victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com>: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 06:39:34PM +0100, Stefan Foerster wrote: > > If the node doesn't have to process any new incoming mail, will qmgr > > be able to handle six digit deferred queues? > > So long as you just drain this queue, and don't take in any new mail, > the large deferred queue size is harmless. I'd recommend turning off > "smtpd" until the queue drains, and to let uncongested peer MX hosts > handle fresh mail.
Already did that (a clustering framework is a wonderful thing to automate such processes!). Fortunately, those are not MX hosts. Thanks for your insightful comments. Stefan