Author: Odhiambo Washington Date: To: Marc Perkel CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] ACL error bypass?
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 18:03, Marc Perkel <marc@???> wrote:
> Is there a way to tell an ACL to just bypass and do nothing in the case
> where it normally would return a "Tempory Local Problem" because of
> something like a failed string expansion or a missing file?
>
> The problem I'm trying to fix is that I'm allowing users to type in strings
> to block messages in headers. But if the user types something that "match"
> doesn't like then they end up getting their email blocked and no knowing
> what happened. I'd like to have an "ignore errors" command in an ACL so that
> if there's some kind of failure the ACL is silently bypassed.
>
> Simple advise. I think you should never do this. You simply are pushing
things in the wrong direction! A failed string expansion is a failed one.
I'd give leeway for a missing file though.
