On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Can I rest assured that messages accepted and queued by an exim process
> started as 'exim -bS -odq' will never be passed through the
> message_filter?
>
> The specification seems to suggest so:
>
> The system message filter operates in a similar manner to users'
> filter files, but it is run just once per message (however many
> recipients is has) at the start of a delivery attempt, before
> any routing or directing is done. If a message fails to be
> completely delivered at the first attempt, the filter is run
> again at the start of every retry.
>
> I'm just not sure what constitutes "the start of a delivery attempt".
*If* I understand correctly, the message will not be filtered when it is
injected, but if a queue runner tries to deliver it, it will be filtered
then.
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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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