Re: postqueue -f vs postqueue -i: deferred to active vs deferred to incoming

2015-01-31 Thread Wietse Venema
Andrew Bourgeois: > > As documented, "postqueue -i" pushes one message to the incoming > > queue, while "postqueue -f" triggers delivery of all deferred mail. > > It's not clearly stated in the man pages of postqueue and flush. But since -i queue_id Schedule immediate delivery of deferred

Re: postqueue -f vs postqueue -i: deferred to active vs deferred to incoming

2015-01-31 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 06:11:20PM +0100, Andrew Bourgeois wrote: > > > My question is: why is that? > > > > Because of the difference: one message, instead of all. > > So it's done because of performance reasons? No, for protocol reasons. The external queue manager protocol by which pickup, cle

Re: postqueue -f vs postqueue -i: deferred to active vs deferred to incoming

2015-01-31 Thread Andrew Bourgeois
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Andrew Bourgeois: > > Hello > > > > stress tests indicate that Postfix 2.8.8 behaves differently when using > > "postqueue -i" compared to "postqueue -f" when it comes to handling > > deferred e-mail. > > As documented, "postqueue -i" pushes

Re: postqueue -f vs postqueue -i: deferred to active vs deferred to incoming

2015-01-31 Thread Wietse Venema
Andrew Bourgeois: > Hello > > stress tests indicate that Postfix 2.8.8 behaves differently when using > "postqueue -i" compared to "postqueue -f" when it comes to handling > deferred e-mail. As documented, "postqueue -i" pushes one message to the incoming queue, while "postqueue -f" triggers deli

postqueue -f vs postqueue -i: deferred to active vs deferred to incoming

2015-01-31 Thread Andrew Bourgeois
Hello stress tests indicate that Postfix 2.8.8 behaves differently when using "postqueue -i" compared to "postqueue -f" when it comes to handling deferred e-mail. When using "postqueue -i" in a loop, deferred e-mail goes through the incoming queue before going through the active queue. When usin