On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Philip Hazel wrote:
> > Did I overlooked the filtering doc, or is this feature currently not
> > available?
>
> It's not available. The filtering facility *sets up* deliveries; it does
> not actually run them while filtering (pipe is just another kind of
> delivery). Think of filtering as a "forward file with conditions".
Fair enough. However, even in case "pipe" is just used as a delivering
process, this feature may be used to have a fallback delivery, in case the
pipe command fails.
something like:
---
# Exim filter
pipe /usr/bin/foo
if $pipe_exit_status is not "0" then
# pipe failed, use default delivery method instead
save $home/Mail/
endif
---
> This is a common misconception. I have it in mind to think about whether
> something could be done about it, since people do seem want to run pipes
> as part of the filtering process. However, this won't happen for some
> time (the thinking, that is) because I have plenty of other things to
> do....
If I send a patch implementing it, does it have a chance to be included?
Cordialement,
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