qmail-newst(8) - prepare spamthrottle parameters for qmail-smtpd

SYNOPSIS

       qmail-newst

DESCRIPTION

       qmail-newst   reads   the   spamthrottle   parameters   in
       /var/qmail/control/spamt     and    writes    them    into
       /var/qmail/control/spamt.cdb in a binary format suited for
       quick access by qmail-smtpd.

       If there is a problem with control/spamt, qmail-newst com­
       plains and leaves control/spamt.cdb alone.

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

       The binary control/spamt.cdb  format  is  portable  across
       machines.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

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

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