Re: [Exim] using the fail command in user filters

David S. Madole wrote:

>>I've got a redirect router, which has allow_filter and allow_fail set.
>>However, if I test my filter file, I get the error:
>>
>>Filter error: filtering command "fail" is disabled: near line 2 of
>>filter file
>
> You don't say how you are testing the filter file, my guess is that you are
> using the -bf command line option.
>
> You need to use the -bF option to enable the extra commands. When using exim
> in the filter test mode, the message is not routed normally and so your
> transport settings are not used. In fact, I'm not sure if the config file is
> read at all.

Ah! I was in fact, using -bf instead of -bF. Don't know how I missed
that :( Thanks David.