status and a new snapshot release?

[David Relson]

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 12:10:29 -0800
.rp wrote:

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> Why is there is such resistance to shutting down sendmail (or whatever
> the MTA is) when doing a backup? Just shut it down, do the backup
> (with cp or db_copy or whatever) then restart. 

Indeed!  Any properly configured sender will return your site for hours
(if not days) until you restart sendmail.  Improperly configured
senders, such as spammers often use, will skip your site.  Given this,
the probable result is less spam :-)

David