On 2008-04-24, Peter Bowyer wrote:
>> Will the "seen finish" in this
>>
>> ...
>> elif ~~~spam_condition~~~
>> then
>> # silently drop very high spam scores
>> seen finish
>> elsif ~~~other_condition~~~
>> save $home/Maildir/
>> elif
>> ...
>>
>> adversely affect the conditions that come after it?
>
> 'seen finish' means 'stop processing the filter, and consider the
> message delivered'. Only you know if that's the outcome you want at
> that point in your filter.
OK, it's equivalent to "return();" --- thanks. ;-)
> The 'seen finish' won't be processed if the 'spam_condition' isn't met
> - that's normal if-then-else processing.
My filter has always consisted of one "if ... elif ... elif ... endif"
block; I think I got confused because some examples don't stop at the
"endif".
Thanks for the advice.
