On Fri, Apr 07, 2006, christian meutes wrote:
> i have a problem with my exim/spamassassin setup. It seems that exim isnt
> defering mails when there arises a problem with the spamc<->spamd pipe
> delivery.
[...]
> I believe that exim doesnt defer the mails instead it forward them to the
> next router.
well, it's not exim, actually. spamc(1) states:
-x Disables the 'safe fallback' error-recovery method, which passes
through the unaltered message if an error occurs. Instead, exit
with an error code, and let the MTA queue up the mails for a retry
later. See also "EXIT CODES".
-- sh