Re: [Exim] use of "first_delivery"

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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Aan: Marc Haber
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] use of "first_delivery"
On Thu, 9 May 2002, Marc Haber wrote:

> So a filter file that has a "if not first delivery" clause is
> _guaranteed_ to be run once?


A filter file is run every time. However, any commands that are inside
"if first_delivery ... endif" should be run only on the first occasion.
Any commands inside "if not first_delivery...endif" may never be run at
all.

As for guarantees, well, this is just software.... :-)


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