Re: [Exim] shadow transport for remote transports?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Ganesh Sittampalam
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] shadow transport for remote transports?
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> > In Exim 4, remote deliveries are always done in separate processes (in
> > Exim 3 this happens only if there are 2 or more in parallel), so the
> > main process can retain its privilege. This will allow for the
> > possibility of shadow transports in all cases.
>
> Would the shadow transports be guaranteed to be run only when the main
> transport succeeded?


Yes, just like the existing shadows for local transports. But I stress,
please don't expect this soon.


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