Re: [exim] weird syntax problem for a filter

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Author: Tony Finch
Date:  
To: fci
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] weird syntax problem for a filter
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, fci wrote:
>
> after an hour or two.. I finally figured out what the problem was. I
> had originally thought the problem to be with my script but it was
> with the filter.
> The problem itself was that the file I needed from 'save' needed to be
> before 'pipe' .. (the script would then read the saved file..)
> to resolve the issue, I changed the order of save/pipe:


Filters do not cause immediate deliveries as they are being processed:
they simply set them up for later. The actual order of the deliveries is
not defined. Your code is unsafe.

Tony.
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<fanf@???> <dot@???> http://dotat.at/ ${sg{\N${sg{\
N\}{([^N]*)(.)(.)(.*)}{\$1\$3\$2\$1\$3\n\$2\$3\$4\$3\n\$3\$2\$4}}\
\N}{([^N]*)(.)(.)(.*)}{\$1\$3\$2\$1\$3\n\$2\$3\$4\$3\n\$3\$2\$4}}