Stopping and restarting the SMTP interface using the CLI

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Use the commands in this section to stop the SMTP interface, and then restart it after the maintenance activity is done.

To stop the SMTP interface:
  1. Enable the CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Stop the SMTP interface:

    hostname (config) # email-analysis mta smtp stop
  3. Verify your change:

    hostname (config) # show email-analysis mta status
To restart the SMTP interface:
  1. Enable the CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Restart the SMTP interface:

    hostname (config) # email-analysis mta smtp start
  3. Verify your change:

    hostname (config) # show email-analysis mta status

Examples

The following example stops the SMTP interface.

hostname (config) # email-analysis mta smtp stop
hostname (config) # show email-analysis mta status
Congestion Control in effect?  no
Interface Disabled:            yes
MTA Process Status:            running

The following example restarts the SMTP interface.

hostname (config) # email-analysis mta smtp start
hostname (config) # show email-analysis mta status
Congestion Control in effect?  no
Interface Disabled:            no
MTA Process Status:            running