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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2012-05-09 18:51:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2012-05-09 18:51:31 +0100 |
| commit | bbaa92096a0720af1625982d024befac65d5909e (patch) | |
| tree | 9dbf3774daa0920390efb33aed130f1a431e0d57 /doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | |
| parent | d6131a7d9286b507c2a364a56630902d1ba7194c (diff) | |
| parent | 9ee44efbe7474892e931cd517195cb690e765ab6 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.exim.org/exim
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 2a01a1e5b..2202e6b75 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -3386,6 +3386,23 @@ This option acts like &%-bv%&, but verifies the address as a sender rather than a recipient address. This affects any rewriting and qualification that might happen. +.vitem &%-bw%& +.oindex "&%-bw%&" +.cindex "daemon" +.cindex "inetd" +.cindex "inetd" "wait mode" +This option runs Exim as a daemon, awaiting incoming SMTP connections, +similarly to the &%-bd%& option. All port specifications on the command-line +and in the configuration file are ignored. Queue-running may not be specified. + +In this mode, Exim expects to be passed a socket as fd 0 (stdin) which is +listening for connections. This permits the system to start up and have +inetd (or equivalent) listen on the SMTP ports, starting an Exim daemon for +each port only when the first connection is received. + +If the option is given as &%-bw%&<&'time'&> then the time is a timeout, after +which the daemon will exit, which should cause inetd to listen once more. + .vitem &%-C%&&~<&'filelist'&> .oindex "&%-C%&" .cindex "configuration file" "alternate" |