Re: How to test server and stop test messages being sent out

2009-11-23 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse Venema: > Kevin Bailey: > > Hi, > > > > I need to test the move of a mailing list to another server. > > > > What I'd like to do is to stop the Postfix server on the new server from > > sending out any mails but still put them into the queue. > > > > I could then test the mail list (whic

Re: How to test server and stop test messages being sent out

2009-11-23 Thread Dhiraj Chatpar
Dear Mr. Wietse, Can we achieve this by temporarily blocking port 25? Rgds Dhiraj Jonathan Swift - "May you live every day of your life." On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 01:09, Wietse Venema wrote: > Kevin Bailey: > > Hi, > > > > I nee

Re: How to test server and stop test messages being sent out

2009-11-23 Thread Wietse Venema
Kevin Bailey: > Hi, > > I need to test the move of a mailing list to another server. > > What I'd like to do is to stop the Postfix server on the new server from > sending out any mails but still put them into the queue. > > I could then test the mail list (which actually only has 43 members) a

Re: How to test server and stop test messages being sent out

2009-11-23 Thread Dhiraj Chatpar
Hi, What is the right solution to achieve this? Rgds Dhiraj Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 00:56, Victor Duchovni < victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com> wrote: > On

Re: How to test server and stop test messages being sent out

2009-11-23 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:49:49AM +0530, vijay ahire wrote: > Hiee Kevin > > if you set this option - disable_dns_lookups = yes > > ur postfix will stop sending mail > > but it will continue recieveing mails This is wrong. -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list repl

Re: How to test server and stop test messages being sent out

2009-11-23 Thread vijay ahire
Hiee Kevin if you set this option - disable_dns_lookups = yes ur postfix will stop sending mail but it will continue recieveing mails whenever you want to send the messages you can comment this line and then resstart postfix.. it will start delivering just give a try. -- Regards Vijay Ahir