Re: [Exim] *Official* exim rpm

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Michael Stevens
CC: Andrew duxorth, Richard Welty, Mark Bergsma, nbecker, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] *Official* exim rpm
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Michael Stevens wrote:

> exim and procmail are a reasonable combination... or are you saying
> the exim filter language can do everything procmail can? (it didn't
> look like it last time I looked...)


They are fundamentally different in the way they work. It's not just a
matter of the language - Exim filters run at directing time, while
procmail runs at delivery time. These give different behaviours. Both
(IMHO) are useful in different circumstances. You can, of course,
support both with Exim.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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