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Q5020
Question
How can I make Exim receive incoming mail, queue it, but not attempt to deliver it? I want to be in this state while moving some mailboxes.
Answer
Set queue_only in the Exim configuration. Then kill your daemon, and restart it without the -q option (i.e. with just the -bd option), so that it does not spawn any queue runners. This stops all deliveries, remote as well as local.
FAQ / Miscellaneous / Q5020