From: Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandtcharite.de)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 14:42:11 CDT

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* Ron E. <reethunderstar.net>:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm wondering if someone already knows how to do this or has thought of
> it. I have run into a situation where occasionally I'll have a user that
> sends out of a lot of mail such as a newsletter to a bunch of subscribers
> or some such. Bounces inevitably occur after such a mailing and
> postfix inevitably gets backlogged.
>
> My idea for this is some type of separate queue where mail inbound for a
> certain list of addresses gets "low priority" and as such is put aside in
> favor of all the other traffic until the server is not as busy.
>
> Would be interested in any thoughts on how to do this.

You could HOLD these and release them when load/traffic/whatever allows.

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Ralf Hildebrandt Ralf.Hildebrandtcharite.de
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All the features in the world only do more to make me believe that
Sendmail is hopelessly baroque, like some huge construction with
chrome and tailfins sticking out in every direction -- like some
monstrocity sculpted by people not the least bit interested in
correctness.

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