Precedence:

Set ordering in queue sendmail

The Precedence: header, when the QueueSortOrder option (QueueSortOrder on page 1073) is appropriately set, is used internally by sendmail to order the processing of messages in its queue. A full description of the possible field values for this header is given in The P Configuration Command on page 1149. The effect of those values on ordering the queue is described in How the Queue Is Processed on page 426.

The Precedence: header should never be declared as an H line in the configuration file. However, P precedence lines should be declared in that file.

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