Queue Quarantining

Queue quarantining is the process by which envelopes in the queue are marked as being ineligible for delivery. Such envelopes may then be manually or automatically reviewed. If the review uncovers no problems, each such envelope may then be delivered, bounced, or discarded. Queue quarantining employs the queue’s qf file, command-line switches, and the access database. Lost envelopes (covered in the next section) are also a part of this system.

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