On 10/02/2024 05:58, Andreas Metzler via Exim-users wrote:
I'm going to be replacing our mail nodes over the next few weeks and
I've been sequencing events in the move. It would be very handy if it were
possible to tell one of my nodes to keep accepting mail but to stop trying
to deliver it
So, taking j...@wizmail.org URL:
https://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_appendfile_transport.html
I see the text: (I've added **highlights**)
...Before appending to a file, a number of security checks are made, and
the file
is locked. A detailed description is given be
On 2024-02-10 graeme vetterlein via Exim-users
wrote:
> So, taking j...@wizmail.org URL:
> https://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_appendfile_transport.html
> I see the text: (I've added **highlights**)
[...]
> use_fcntl_lock Use: appendfile Type: boolean Default:
On 10/02/2024 16:24, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
mail_spool:
debug_print = "T: appendfile for $local_part@$domain"
driver = appendfile
file = /var/mail/$local_part_data
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narr
On Sat, 10 Feb 2024, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
... I'm probably worrying about nothing, this is a standard Debian install
and this same issue exists for Thunderbird, pine, mutt etc
If you are being paranoid, I'll mention that if you are mounting the
file system over the network
