Re: temporary defer all mail

[email protected] wrote:
> Hello Edward,
> 
> Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 4:31:11 PM, you wrote:
> 
> 
>>>  Is any easy way for temporary (for 5-10 minutes) defer _all_ mail
>>>  without stopping exim daemon?
>>>
>>>  I need reinstall clamav and don't want that our users receive
>>>  unchecked mail.
>>>
> 
> 
> ESP> As I understand it, it same rule applies to any other exim ACL.
> ESP> (Please correct me if I am wrong).
> 
> ESP> Where if an ACL test cannot be completed it will return an error and the
> ESP> message will be defered at SMTP with 4xx return code.
> 
> Is I understand You right?
> 
> When I stop clamd - all messages will be deferred.

That is what I am saying,  However you should not need to stop clamd to
do the upgrade, after the upgrade just restart clamd.
> 
> ESP> However this does not work with non-smtp ACLs and they will generate a deny.
> 
> In my case this is not important.
>