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From: Anjan Sen
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:00

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In article <933521112.11557.0.nnrp-10.c2dea8e2@news.demon.co.uk>, 
news@hot-shot.demon.co.uk says...

> I have a 99% working sendmail config on a Mandrake 6 box. What makes
> Sendmail queue it's external mail until my ppp connection is up but deliver
> internal mail imediatley?

I have define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`b') set in my .mc file. This means 
that delivery is attempted in the background. With my setup, local 
mail is delivered immediately. For other mail, if I am online it gets 
tossed over to post.d.c.u, otherwise it gets queued automatically due 
to DNS lookup failures. In ip-up.local I do a sendmail -q that sends 
the mail when the PPP link comes up.

Other values are

define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`q') - queue always
define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`d') - deferred delivery
define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`i') - immediate

The O'Reilly Bat book is excellent and explains all of these things, 
although it is not for the faint hearted. 

Also checkout www.sendmail.org for the FAQ and tips

Anjan

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From: news3@sealion.demon.co.uk (Anjan Sen)
Subject: Re: Sendmail Delivery Options
Date: 1999/08/01
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