Re: [Exim] Re: Frozen viruses in system filters

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
CC: Gareth C. Fowler, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: Frozen viruses in system filters
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:

> > Maybe I'm asleep, but I don't follow your scenario. A message arrives;
> > first time through the filter it gets frozen. It will sit there until
> > the postmaster unfreezes it. Next delivery, the filter will not be
> > active.
>
> You mean the filter rules are not active so the message gets delivered ?
> That is what I thought and what worried me.


But isn't that what you want if you have

if not first_delivery then finish endif

in your filter? What am I missing here? I'm clearly on another
wavelength. :-)

> I'd forgotten about that rule. It means that the filter was already
> potentially letting the virus through at the second attempt.


But there won't *be* a second attempt until the message is unfrozen, and
surely you only thaw it if you want it to be delivered?

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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