Re: [Exim] use of "first_delivery"

On Fri, 10 May 2002 10:21:32 +0100 (BST) Philip Hazel <ph10@???> wrote:

> 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.
>

Presumably "may never be run at all" only occurs is the messages is does not get
delivered? That is the only way I can think of a first delivery never occurring.

Phil.
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Phil Chambers (postmaster@???)
University of Exeter