smfi_stop(3N)															     smfi_stop(3N)

NAME

       smfi_stop() - starts an orderly shutdown of the Milter for sendmail

SYNOPSIS

PARAMETERS

       void  Specifies that the function does not accept any argument.

DESCRIPTION

       The  routine  causes each thread to finish its current connection and then exit the connection.	When all the threads have exited, the call
       to the routine returns to the calling program, which may then exit or warm restart the function.

       can be called from any callback routine or any error-handling routine at any time in the program.  A new connection is not  accepted  after
       calling

   Notes
       A Milter may also shutdown due the following reasons:

       o  An internal routine may ask the Milter to abort.

       o  Any other routine may also ask the Milter to stop.

       The stop process cannot be canceled once it has begun.

RETURN VALUE

       always returns

AUTHOR

       The routine was developed by the Sendmail Inc.

SEE ALSO

       smfi_main(3N), smfi_register(3N), smfi_setconn(3N), smfi_settimeout(3N), smfi_opensocket(3N), smfi_setbacklog(3N), smfi_setdbg(3N).

       on

																     smfi_stop(3N)