----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Hazel" <ph10@???>
To: "Oliver Egginger" <Oliver.Egginger@???>
Cc: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Exim] Copy every incomming Mail to a backup server
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Oliver Egginger wrote:
>
> > Unhappily Exim doesn't support a retry mechanism for shadow transports.
>
> Shadow transports are very much a bolt-on lash-up. They were added at
> version 1.890 with the following comment:
>
> 39. Added local shadow transports - somewhat experimental.
>
> I think they are still "somewhat experimental". They were never intended
> for use as "real" deliveries.
>
> > Will Exim4 support a retry mechanism for shadow transports ?
>
> No. I get the feeling that the whole topic needs some thought and a
> re-consideration of what people actually need. This certainly won't
> happen in a hurry.
>
> In the meantime, have you tried "unseen" routing/directing as an
> alternative approach? You should get retries there.
>
> --
> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
>
Couldn't you catch all mail messages passing through an exim system
with a system filter in, say PERL, work out the direction (inbound/outbound)
and then re-mail a copy of all inbound ones to the shadow server.
Sounds like about 20 lines of PERL!
Mike
