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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 50ce06e08..15491c3f1 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -4379,7 +4379,10 @@ relax this restriction (and also the same requirement for the &%-M%&, &%-R%&, and &%-S%& options). .cindex "queue runner" "description of operation" -The &%-q%& option starts one queue runner process. This scans the queue of +.new +If other commandline options do not specify an action, +.wen +the &%-q%& option starts one queue runner process. This scans the queue of waiting messages, and runs a delivery process for each one in turn. It waits for each delivery process to finish before starting the next one. A delivery process may not actually do any deliveries if the retry times for the addresses @@ -4475,6 +4478,15 @@ queue with the given name rather than the default queue. The name should not contain a &'/'& character. For a periodic queue run (see below) append to the name a slash and a time value. + +If other commandline options speicify an action, a &'-qG<name>'& option +will specify a queue to operate on. +For example: +.code +exim -bp -qGquarantine +mailq -qGquarantime +exim -qGoffpeak -Rf @special.domain.example +.endd .wen .vitem &%-q%&<&'qflags'&>&~<&'start&~id'&>&~<&'end&~id'&> diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index 912fe65ee..7cc6ace39 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Version 4.88 interpreter in taint mode. 2. Facility for named queues: A commandline argument can specify - the queue name for a queue-runner, and an ACL modifier can set + the queue name for a queue operation, and an ACL modifier can set the queue to be used for a message. A $queue_name variable gives visibility. |