diff --git a/pmg-administration.adoc b/pmg-administration.adoc index 18650b1..1dd24f9 100644 --- a/pmg-administration.adoc +++ b/pmg-administration.adoc @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ combines the result from the first and second phase. |accepted/delivered |2 | Email accepted and delivered |==== - +[[postfix_queue_administration]] Postfix Queue Administration ---------------------------- @@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ Postfix Queue Administration Mail-queues are one of the central concepts of the SMTP protocol. Once a mailserver accepts a mail for further processing it saves it to a queue. After the mail is either relayed to another system, stored locally -or discarded it is deleted from the local mail-queue. +or discarded, it is deleted from the local mail-queue. If immediate processing is not possible, for example because a downstream mailserver is not reachable, the mail remains on the queue for later processing. -The Queue Administration view provides a succinct overview, as generated by -the 'qshape (1)' utility, about the current state of the postfix mail-queue. +The 'Queue Administration' panel provides an overview about the current state +of the postfix mail-queue, similar to the 'qshape (1)' command-line utility. -It shows mails for which domains were not delivered, and how long they have +It shows domains for which mails were not delivered, and how long they have been queued. The three Action Buttons on top provide the most common queue operations: @@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ server has become available again. 'Delete All Messages':: Delete all currently queued mail, for example if the queue contains only spam. -Attempt to deliver all currently queued mail. 'Discard address verification database'::