Re: [Exim] controlling local_scan()

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Phil Chambers
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] controlling local_scan()
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Phil Chambers wrote:

> How does the following change to Exim sound?
>
> Use something like an ACL to control whether local_scan() is called.


Interesting idea. Wishlisted.

> One could use identical syntax to the existing ACLs except for
> substituting "call" for "accept" and "skip" for "deny". Having no ACL
> defined would map to "call" so that existing configurations would work
> as now.


I would rather add a new variant of the "control" modifier than add a
new verbs. So you would write

  accept   some condition
           some condition
           control = local_scan_skip


As for queue_only, if any one ACL sets this, local_scan() would be
skipped.

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