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Re: How can I get Postfix to store & forward?

From: Magnus Bäck (magnusdsek.lth.se)
Date: Sat May 02 2009 - 20:55:44 CDT


On Sunday, May 03, 2009 at 03:28 CEST,
     Chris <kingpinofdisksyahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a Centos 5.3 box running Postfix 2.3.3.
> It is setup to run incoming emails thru Policyd-Weight, Amavisd, then
> forward to my exchange server.
>
> If the Exchange server goes offline, the linux box will bounce all
> incoming emails as undeliverable.

Not true. Messages will be queued for $maximal_queue_lifetime until they
are bounced.

> How can I setup Postfix so that is queues those emails, then delivers
> them when Exchange is back online?

That's exactly what Postfix does. If you believe otherwise, please
present evidence.

> ---------- main.cf changes ----------

Next time, post "postconf -n" output.

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Magnus Bäck
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