Re: [Exim] received_count bug

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: John Jetmore
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] received_count bug
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, John Jetmore wrote:

> In 4.30 the receive_msg() funtion in receive.c began using and
> manipulating the received_count global variable. This interacts badly
> with the spool_read_header() (spool_in.c) function's usage. Because
> spool_read_header does not reset received_count when the function is
> entered (as it does with many other global variables. The end result of
> all of this is that a message that is received and delivered by the same
> process sees twice as many Received: headers as actually exist.


Thanks for the report. Noted!

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