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| From | Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware |
| Subject | Re: postfix not sending mail in the queue |
| Date | 2025-12-22 17:32 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrn10kje6g.9ct.zsd@x360.localdomain> (permalink) |
| References | <slrn10k3c8d.3ur.zsd@x360.localdomain> <10hsom1$33rpj$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2025-12-16 at 19:06 AST, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> Jim <zsd@jdvb.ca> wrote:
>> I use postfix to send outgoing email. (My MUA is mutt, just in case that
>> is somehow relevant.)
>>
>> Every now and then I make the mistake of sending (i.e., trying to send)
>> email when I'm off-line.
>
> Email existed during the time before 24/7 connectivity, it (the SMTP
> protocol) already handles both senders and receivers not being
> network accessible 100% of the time.
Yeah. I've been using email since 1979. I say "mistake" because of what
is happening on my system these days with postfix.
>> This is a mistake, because if postfix doesn't get
>> the email out on first try, it seems to give up on it entirely.
>
> The server is supposed to retry a small number of times over a period
> of time. I don't remember the exact values, but there are probably
> postfix configuration words to adjust away from the defaults.
This is how I understand it as well. And yet...
>> -> Running sudo sendmail -v -q doesn't have any effect.
>
> That is odd. Note, you didn't say, but, are you running the -q when
> you are online? Running that will have no effect if you are offline.
Yes, thanks. I try it when I know I am on-line and my outgoing SMTP server
is reachable.
>> -> Stopping and restarting the postfix daemon is equally ineffective.
>
> Again, are you doing so when you are online?
Yes.
>> My question: does anyone else (who uses postfix) see this behaviour?
>> -> If not, I guess I have to re-examine my configuration.
> No, but I say that from the perspective of last having postfix handle
> email while offline years ago. But even back then, it handled it as
> expected. If offline the emails queued. When online, a sendmail -q
> would flush the waiting queue out to the internet.
>> -> If so, have you discovered any way to make postfix run the mail in
>> the queue?
>
> sendmail -q is the way -- but you do have to be online, and while
> you've implied that you are running it while online, you never
> explicitly said so.
Mea culpa!
Thanks for the thoughts anyway.
Jim
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Re: postfix not sending mail in the queue Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2025-12-22 17:42 -0400
Re: postfix not sending mail in the queue Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2025-12-24 22:34 +0000
Re: postfix not sending mail in the queue Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2025-12-24 20:14 -0400
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Re: postfix not sending mail in the queue Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2025-12-22 18:03 -0400
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