Re: [EXIM] filter limitations and replacements

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Author: Paul Mansfield
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To: Dan Shearer
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] filter limitations and replacements
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Dan Shearer wrote:
> My question is this: if I deliver all mail first to a procmail rule as per
> the example in spec.txt what do I lose through not doing this in a system
> filter? I would have to set an X-loop: header and forward to myself after


I'd guess you'd take a performance hit, since Exim would have to invoke an
external program, which would then feed the mail back in. If you've got a busy
system it might kill it.

Paul
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