Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Jeremy Harris wrote:
>
>
>>> (b) Each message is synchonously delivered as soon as it is received
>>>(-odi
>>> is assumed). All queueing options (queue_only, queue_smtp_domains,
>>> control=queue, control=freeze in an ACL etc.) are quietly ignored.
>>>The
>>> Exim reception process does not finish until the delivery attempt is
>>> complete. If the delivery was successful, a zero return code is
>>>given.
>>
>>Would it be possible to make sync-deliver seperately available? This
>>would aid me when forwarding, or providing secondary-MX,
>
>
> No. There is an existing -odi option, but it applies only to messages
> received from the command line, where the ending of the process is the
> event that carries success/fail back to the caller. For messages from
> other hosts, the success/fail signal is sent at the end of receiving the
> message, before any delivery takes place. So it's an entirely different
> situation.
That's my point. I'm asking for a new facility: synchronous delivery for
mail received by SMTP.
Cheers,
Jeremy
