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Re: How I am handling msmtp queues
From: |
Felix Dietrich |
Subject: |
Re: How I am handling msmtp queues |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:55:48 +0100 |
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Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> * Felix Dietrich <felix.dietrich@sperrhaken.name> [2022-03-10 19:33]:
>> Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
>>> msmtp-runqueue.sh
>>> =================
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>>>
>>> QUEUEDIR="$HOME/.msmtpqueue"
>>> LOCKFILE="$QUEUEDIR/.lock"
>>> MAXWAIT=120
>>>
>>> OPTIONS=$@
>>>
>>> # wait for a lock that another instance has set
>>> WAIT=0
>>> while [ -e "$LOCKFILE" -a "$WAIT" -lt "$MAXWAIT" ]; do
>>>
>>> # […]
>>>
>>> # lock the $QUEUEDIR
>>> touch "$LOCKFILE" || exit 1
>>>
>>> # […]
I think your lock file handling is not race free. There are lock file
helpers that you may find useful. On Debian, for example:
$ apt-file find bin/lockfile
lockfile-progs: /usr/bin/lockfile-check
lockfile-progs: /usr/bin/lockfile-create
lockfile-progs: /usr/bin/lockfile-remove
lockfile-progs: /usr/bin/lockfile-touch
procmail: /usr/bin/lockfile
>>> while [ -e "$LOCKFILE" -a "$WAIT" -lt "$MAXWAIT" ]; do
The general advice for the test commandʼs operators "-a" and "-o" is to
not use them (they have been marked obsolescent) but instead the shellʼs
operators "&&" and "||", respectively [1]:
while [ -e "$LOCKFILE" ] && [ "$WAIT" -lt "$MAXWAIT" ]; do
> OpenSMTPD is good of course. Though it does not handle queue as well
> as Courier MTA and has some problems, it is still in development. I
> have many emails, many people, so it gives me experience with it.
What issues did you encounter with OpenSMTPD?
Footnotes:
[1] See the note at the description for "-a" and "-o" as well as the
section “APPLICATION USAGE” in the following document:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html
--
Felix Dietrich