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Without going into lots -of detail, this information will help you understand how the -configuration options control Mailman's functionality. - -<P> -When mail enters the system from your mail server, it is dropped into -one of several Mailman <em>queues</em> depending on the address the -message was sent to. For example, if your system has a mailing list -named <var>mylist</var> and your domain is <var>example.com</var>, people can -post messages to your list by sending them to -<var>mylist@example.com</var>. These messages will be dropped into the -<em>incoming</em> queue, which is also colloquially called the -<em>moderate-and-munge</em> queue. The incoming queue is where most of -the approval process occurs, and it's also where the message is -prepared for sending out to the list membership. - -<P> -There are separate queues for the built-in archiver, the bounce -processor, the email command processor, as well as the outgoing email -and news queues. There's also a queue for messages generated by the -Mailman system. Each of these queues typically has one <em>queue -runner</em> (or ``qrunner'') that processes messages in the queue. The -qrunners are idle when there are no messages to process. - -<P> -Every message in the queues are represented by two files, a message -file and a metadata file. Both of these files share the same base -name, which is a combination of a unique hash and the Unix time that -the message was received. The metadata file has a suffix of -<span class="file">.db</span> and the message file has a suffix of either <span class="file">.msg</span> if -stored in plain text, or <span class="file">.pck</span> if stored in a more efficient -internal representation<A NAME="tex2html1" - HREF="#foot39"><SUP>1</SUP></A>. - -<P> -As a message moves through the incoming queue, it performs various -checks on the message, such as whether it matches one of the -moderation criteria, or contains disallowed MIME types. 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