Author: Marc Sherman Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Syntax errors in exim filters
Daniel Tiefnig wrote: >
> we have a bunch of customers over here that are allowed to write their
> own exim filters, and as you allready may have guessed that causes lots
> of troubles. I am especially annoyed that syntax errors in their filters
> result in delivery defers, as their mails end up in my incoming server
> queues until they get bounced after 4 days.
> I've searched for a way to turn these errors into "permanent" ones - so
> the mails get bounced quickly - but I didn't came to a solution. Am I
> missing something, or is this just not possible? (for not-too-weird
> values of "possible")
See the example userforward and real_localuser routers in the docs for
skip_syntax_errors in chapter 22:
