On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Ephraim Silverberg wrote:
> My configuration defines user forward files as follows:
>
> userforward:
> driver = forwardfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> reply_transport = address_reply
> suffix = -*
> suffix_optional
> no_verify
> check_ancestor
> check_local_user
> file = .forward
> syntax_errors_to = postmaster
> filter
>
> However, when a mangled ~/.forward is encountered, the message is deferred:
>
> LOG: 0 MAIN
> == ephraim@??? D=userforward defer (-11): error in filter file:
> unknown filtering command "lgfile" near line 10 of filter file
>
> but _no_ message is sent to 'postmaster' informing him about the syntax error
> in the user's forward file.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
You must set skip_syntax_errors for syntax_errors_to to take effect.
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