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[Mark Bolton]

Colin Rothnie wrote:

> Subba Rao wrote:
> >
> > How do I remove couple of notes in the queue? They have been in the queue for
> > over 2 days.
>
> It is possible, but you shouldn't need to worry.  Qmail has a fairly good
> algorithm for resending failed messages.  This problem most often happens with
> the "hotmail" type recipients where the account exists but the remote server is
> too busy to accept the message (possibly due to large attachments).  If the
> recipient account doesn't exist then Qmail will respond immediately to the
> sender.
>
> If the message isn't successfully sent after a few days Qmail returns it to the
> originator with a suitably worded message.  I have found it best to not fiddle
> with the default Qmail settings for these types of things.
>
> > 1. How do I do address rewrite, for each seperate account? Each user on my
> > system has seperate Internet accounts.
> > (Please keep in mind that my LAN has a fake domainname).
>
> I am not certain what you mean here by "address rewrite".  It is relatively
> trivial to create virtual domains in Qmail, see the FAQ.
>
> > 2. How is mail received by Qmail from the different sources for each user? Is
> > it through fetchmail and such programs?
>
> Qmail acts as a recipient for mail being _sent_ to your domain.  The remote
> mail servers connect to your machine to "deposit" their mail.  If you don't
> have continuous Internet presence then you should perhaps look at fetchmail,
> which actively collects mail from one or more remote servers.  In this case you
> need to arrange for someone with continuous Internet presence to hold your mail
> until you send fetchmail to get it.
>
> I hope this helps.
> Colin Rothnie