.TH qmail-newst 8
.SH NAME
qmail-newst \- prepare spamthrottle parameters for qmail-smtpd
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B qmail-newst
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B qmail-newst
reads the spamthrottle parameters in
.B /var/qmail/control/spamt
and writes them into
.B /var/qmail/control/spamt.cdb
in a binary format suited
for quick access by
.BR qmail-smtpd .

If there is a problem with
.BR control/spamt ,
.B qmail-newst
complains and leaves
.B control/spamt.cdb
alone.

.B qmail-newst
ensures that
.B control/spamt.cdb
is updated atomically,
so
.B qmail-smtpd
never has to wait for
.B qmail-newst
to finish.
However,
.B qmail-newst
makes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of
.BR control/spamt.cdb .

The binary
.B control/spamt.cdb
format is portable across machines.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
qmail-spamt(5),
qmail-spamthrottle(5),
qmail-smtpd(8)

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