Re: [Exim] filter rule precedence

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Vadim Vygonets
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] filter rule precedence
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Vadim Vygonets wrote:

> Quoth Philip Hazel on Mon, Feb 03, 2003:
> > On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> > > Quoth Rob Lingelbach on Fri, Jan 31, 2003:
> > > > if $local_part contains "tig-announce" and
> > >
> > > I would also avoid using "contain" for this. Especially on the
> > > first line, where I would use "is" instead.
> >
> > However, this is really a routing issue, not a filtering issue. What do
> > you want to do if a message is addressed to BOTH 'tig-announce' AND
> > some other address? Your filter will discard it.
>
> Hmm, but isn't the "if $local_part" thing evaluated twice for two
> recipients?


Oh, I wasn't really paying attention to that! $local_part is always
empty in a system filter, of course.


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