On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Marc Haber wrote:
> pipe delivery and re-submit:
...
> - exim -bt only shows the pipe delivery instead of the real target
You should add address_test=false to the router that sets up the pipe.
> system filter:
> - runs at the start of every delivery attempt
> - re-scans queued message on each queue run
You should add "if not first_delivery then finish" at the start of
your filter.
> I think it would be a good idea if it would be possible to have a
> local_scan_late function which is called after exim has taken
> responsibility for the message and the SMTP transaction has been
> completed. The API would be the same, with the sole difference that
> the REJECT return codes of the function would cause a delivery failure
> which would in turn result in a bounce being generated.
This is effectively a "system filter" with a different API.
> Philip, would you consider applying a patch to exim that adds a
> local_scan-to-Milter-Interface to exim? Thanks for your consideration.
I don't know anything about milter, but I have the impression that it is
a daemon that listens on a socket? Is this right? If so, it should not
be too hard to write an interface for it. This has in fact been on the
Wish List for quite a long time.
Philip
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