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: . SunOS 5.11 Last change: 1