[Exim] Frozen viruses in system filters

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Author: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Gareth C. Fowler, exim-users
Old-Topics: Re: [Exim] Help with Administrator Approval of emails
Subject: [Exim] Frozen viruses in system filters
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Philip Hazel wrote:

> Upgrade to Exim 3.16. It has changed the way it handles freezes in
> system filters:
>
>   9. The handling of "freeze" and "fail" in system filters has been changed.
>   Deliveries set up in the filter are honoured (previously they were discarded).
>   The same is true for non-system filters that have allow_system_actions set. A
>   consequence of this is that first_delivery now becomes false after freezing in
>   a system filter, whereas previously it did not.      


In that case, anyone freezing viruses in the system filter should take note.
Defrosted viruses may slip through filters starting with 
    if not first_delivery then finish endif


Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison        Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@???    http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna