Starting, stopping, and restarting the mail router

By default, when you start the server, the Router task automatically loads and starts. You can manually shut down and restart the Router to troubleshoot server and messaging problems. You can also disable automatic loading of the Router.

To shut down the Router from the console

Procedure

  1. Enter this command at the console:
    tell router quit

    This shuts down the Router. Mail accumulates in MAIL.BOX, since other servers and clients continue to deposit mail, but the Router does not deliver or transfer the messages.

  2. To reload the Router, enter this command at the console: 
    load router

Results

The Router task starts and begins routing and delivering mail.

To shut down the Router from the Domino® Administrator

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Server > Status tab.
  2. Select the Server Tasks view.
  3. From the list of tasks, right-click Router and select Stop Task.
  4. Click Yes when prompted to confirm the operation.

Results

The Router task shuts down and no longer appears in the list of active tasks. Mail accumulates in MAIL.BOX, since other servers and clients continue to deposit mail, but the Router does not deliver or transfer the messages.

To start the Router from the Domino® Administrator

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Server > Status tab.
  2. Choose Tools > Task > Start.
  3. From the Start New Task dialog box, select Router and click Start Task.
  4. Click Done to close the dialog box.

Results

The Router task starts and begins routing and delivering mail.

To prevent the Router from automatically starting when the server starts

Procedure

  1. Shut down the server.
  2. Edit the NOTES.INI file to remove Router from the ServerTasks setting.
  3. Restart the server so that the change takes effect.

Results

When you restart the server, it does not load the Router task.

To restore automatic loading, add Router back to the ServerTasks setting in the NOTES.INI file.

To restart the router from the Domino® Administrator

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Server > Status tab.
  2. Click Server Tasks.
  3. Choose Router from the Task list.
  4. Choose Tools > Task > Restart.
  5. From the Restart Router dialog box, click OK.

Results

The Router task restarts and begins routing and delivering mail.

To restart the Router from the console

About this task

Enter this command at the console:

restart task router

The Router task restarts and begins routing and delivering mail.