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Maintenance Procedures                             qmail-newst(8)



NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
     qmail-newst - prepare  spamthrottle  parameters  for  qmail-
     smtpd

SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwsssstttt

DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwsssstttt   reads   the   spamthrottle    parameters    in
     ////vvvvaaaarrrr////qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll////ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt     and     writes     them    into
     ////vvvvaaaarrrr////qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll////ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt....ccccddddbbbb in a binary format  suited  for
     quick access by qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----ssssmmmmttttppppdddd.

     If there is a problem with ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt,  qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwsssstttt  com-
     plains and leaves ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt....ccccddddbbbb alone.

     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwsssstttt ensures that ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt....ccccddddbbbb is updated atomi-
     cally,  so  qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----ssssmmmmttttppppdddd never has to wait for qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwsssstttt to
     finish.  However, qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwsssstttt makes no  attempt  to  protect
     against two simultaneous updates of ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt....ccccddddbbbb.

     The  binary  ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll////ssssppppaaaammmmtttt....ccccddddbbbb  format  is  portable  across
     machines.

SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
     qmail-spamt(5), qmail-spamthrottle(5), qmail-smtpd(8)


AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
     Dale Woolridge, James Law, and Moto Kawasaki.   Contact  the
     authors via email: <spamthrottle@qmail.ca>.
























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