Disabling copy messages (QUEUE_EXTRA)

Hi,
During the compile time, I have set QUEUE_EXTRA to keep a copy of all e-mail.
Is there a way to disable that feature without having to recompile qmail?
Thanks.
Vahid.

On 14 Jul 2004 09:39:09 -0700, Vahid <sunman@ureach.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> During the compile time, I have set QUEUE_EXTRA to keep a copy of all e-mail.
> Is there a way to disable that feature without having to recompile qmail?

no [1]. just edit extra.h and type command "make qmail-queue" and after about
one second it's done. then just replace the real qmail-queue in /var/qmail/bin
or whatever with the fresh one (careful with the permissions).

[1] unless you have a good disassembler and can code asm...

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sunman@ureach.com (Vahid) writes:

> During the compile time, I have set QUEUE_EXTRA to keep a copy of all e-mail.
> Is there a way to disable that feature without having to recompile qmail?

Sure, just configure the .qmail file that receives the copies to throw
them away. E.g.:

echo '#' > ~alias/.qmail-log

(assuming you set QUEUE_EXTRA to "Tlog\0".

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

Dave Sill wrote:
> sunman@ureach.com (Vahid) writes:
>
>
>>During the compile time, I have set QUEUE_EXTRA to keep a copy of all e-mail.
>>Is there a way to disable that feature without having to recompile qmail?
>
>
> Sure, just configure the .qmail file that receives the copies to throw
> them away. E.g.:
>
> echo '#' > ~alias/.qmail-log
>
> (assuming you set QUEUE_EXTRA to "Tlog\0".
I also had to remove the user "log" from the system, I would still get
the copies even with ~alias/.qmail-log.
Wouldn't having QUEUE_EXTRA "Tlog\0" and then add .qmail-log slow down
the mail delivery? I guess qmail still have to deliver mail to "log" but
..qmail-log has no valid address.

Thank you,

Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:

> Dave Sill wrote:
>> sunman@ureach.com (Vahid) writes:
>>
>>>During the compile time, I have set QUEUE_EXTRA to keep a copy of all e-mail.
>>>Is there a way to disable that feature without having to recompile qmail?
>> Sure, just configure the .qmail file that receives the copies to
>> throw
>> them away. E.g.:
>> echo '#' > ~alias/.qmail-log
>> (assuming you set QUEUE_EXTRA to "Tlog\0".
>
> I also had to remove the user "log" from the system, I would still get
> the copies even with ~alias/.qmail-log.

OK, I was guessing at your configuration since you didn't supply the
details. If you have a "log" user, ~alias/.qmail-log is a no-op.

> Wouldn't having QUEUE_EXTRA "Tlog\0" and then add .qmail-log slow down
> the mail delivery? I guess qmail still have to deliver mail to "log"
> but .qmail-log has no valid address.

Of course, but you *did* ask how to disable it without rebuilding.
That's the price you pay.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

Dave Sill wrote:
> Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:
>
>
>>Dave Sill wrote:
>>
>>>sunman@ureach.com (Vahid) writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>During the compile time, I have set QUEUE_EXTRA to keep a copy of all e-mail.
>>>>Is there a way to disable that feature without having to recompile qmail?
>>>
>>>Sure, just configure the .qmail file that receives the copies to
>>>throw
>>>them away. E.g.:
>>> echo '#' > ~alias/.qmail-log
>>>(assuming you set QUEUE_EXTRA to "Tlog\0".
>>
>>I also had to remove the user "log" from the system, I would still get
>>the copies even with ~alias/.qmail-log.
>
>
> OK, I was guessing at your configuration since you didn't supply the
> details. If you have a "log" user, ~alias/.qmail-log is a no-op.
>
>
>>Wouldn't having QUEUE_EXTRA "Tlog\0" and then add .qmail-log slow down
>>the mail delivery? I guess qmail still have to deliver mail to "log"
>>but .qmail-log has no valid address.
>
>
> Of course, but you *did* ask how to disable it without rebuilding.
> That's the price you pay.
>
Yes I did, thanks, that worked fine.
On the two machines that I am setting qmail up, performance is very
important.
Let me ask this question then, is that possible not to compile qmail
with QUEUE_EXTRA "Tlog\0" and still be able to log all mails? e.g. via
env var, etc...
If not, which binary handles this feature so I compile two versions of
it, with and w/o "Tlog\0" set in the header and use whichever I need?
Thanks,
Vahid.

Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:

> Let me ask this question then, is that possible not to compile qmail
> with QUEUE_EXTRA "Tlog\0" and still be able to log all mails? e.g. via
> env var, etc...

No.

> If not, which binary handles this feature so I compile two versions of
> it, with and w/o "Tlog\0" set in the header and use whichever I need?

$ grep QUEUE_EXTRA *.c
qmail-queue.c: if (substdio_bput(&ssout,QUEUE_EXTRA,QUEUE_EXTRALEN) == -1) die_write();
$

So that would be the qmail-queue binary.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

Dave Sill <MaxFreedom@sws5.ornl.gov> wrote in message news:<wx0zn60i1fq.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov>...
> Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:
>
> > Let me ask this question then, is that possible not to compile qmail
> > with QUEUE_EXTRA "Tlog\0" and still be able to log all mails? e.g. via
> > env var, etc...
>
> No.
>
> > If not, which binary handles this feature so I compile two versions of
> > it, with and w/o "Tlog\0" set in the header and use whichever I need?
>
> $ grep QUEUE_EXTRA *.c
> qmail-queue.c: if (substdio_bput(&ssout,QUEUE_EXTRA,QUEUE_EXTRALEN) == -1) die_write();
> $
>
> So that would be the qmail-queue binary.
done! thanks.