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Maintenance Procedures                              qmail-newu(8)



NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
     qmail-newu - prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn

SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwuuuu

DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwuuuu reads the assignments in  ////vvvvaaaarrrr////qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll////uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////aaaassssssssiiiiggggnnnn
     and writes them into ////vvvvaaaarrrr////qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll////uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////ccccddddbbbb in a binary format
     suited for quick access by qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----llllssssppppaaaawwwwnnnn.

     If there is a problem  with  uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////aaaassssssssiiiiggggnnnn,  qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwuuuu  com-
     plains and leaves uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////ccccddddbbbb alone.

     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwuuuu ensures that uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////ccccddddbbbb is updated atomically,  so
     qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----llllssssppppaaaawwwwnnnn  never  has  to  wait for qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwuuuu to finish.
     However, qqqqmmmmaaaaiiiillll----nnnneeeewwwwuuuu makes no attempt to protect against  two
     simultaneous updates of uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////ccccddddbbbb.

     The binary uuuusssseeeerrrrssss////ccccddddbbbb format is portable across machines.

SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
     qmail-users(5), qmail-lspawn(8), qmail-pw2u(8)
































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