Stops the MTA process.
You can use this command to stop the MTA process during maintenance activities to prevent the Email Security — Server appliance from receiving SMTP traffic and from processing the emails it already received. The emails the appliance already received remain in the queue while the MTA is stopped.
Syntax
email-analysis mta stop
Parameters
None
Example
The following example stops the MTA process.
hostname (config) # email-analysis mta stop The MTA has been stopped. No email will be processed. hostname (config) # show email-analysis mta status Congestion Control in effect? no SMTP Interface Disabled: no MTA Process Status: stopped
User role
Admin or Operator
Command mode
Config
Supported appliances
This command is supported on the following appliances running the specified releases or later:
Email Security — Server: Release 7.8.0