Re: [Exim] Semantics of freeze_exec_fail

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: James Fidell
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Semantics of freeze_exec_fail
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, James Fidell wrote:

> In a pipe transport, does freeze_exec_fail cause the message to be frozen
> only in the case where the fork/exec fails,


Yes.

> or will it also freeze the
> message if the pipe command returns an error ?


No.

> If only the former is true, is there any way to cause the message to be
> frozen if the pipe command returns non-zero ?


No. But you can cause non-freezing defers by setting temp_errors
appropriately.

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