From df586a7720a17ac8221c9dfcf915d8185a25b282 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Harris Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:37:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: add section on daemon-start command line --- doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index c40590a01..1309299e8 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -2587,6 +2587,25 @@ use of Exim's filtering capabilities, you should make the document entitled +.section "Running the daemon" SECTdaemonLaunch +The most common command line for launching the Exim daemon looks like +.code +exim -bd -q5m +.endd +This starts a daemon which +.ilist +listens for incoming smtp connections, launching handler processes for +each new one +.next +starts a queue-runner process every five minutes, to inspect queued messages +and run delivery attempts on any that have arrived at their retry time +.endlist +Should a queue run take longer than the time between queue-runner starts, +they will run in parallel. +Numbers of jobs of the various types are subject to policy controls +defined in the configuration. + + .section "Upgrading Exim" "SECID36" .cindex "upgrading Exim" If you are already running Exim on your host, building and installing a new -- 2.30.2