On 10/12/06, Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Constable wrote: > > On Friday 13 October 2006 00:41, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > Unless I'm missing something... Isn't that last 'else' block > > > completely unnecessary? As I understand it, maildrop works like > > > this: > > > > > > - Process maildroprc file > > > - Process $HOME/.mailfilter > > > - Deliver to $HOME/Maildir > > > > I thought it was... ? > > > > - Process $HOME/.mailfilter > > - Process maildroprc file > > - Deliver to $HOME/Maildir > > No, the maildroprc is processed first. If it specifies a delivery, > it will override anything in the $HOME/.mailfilter files. > > Here's the relevant part of the man page: > > If the file /etc/courier/maildroprc exists, mail delivery or mail > filtering instructions are read from that file. maildrop's > delivery/filtering instructions may direct maildrop to save the > message in specific mailbox, discard it, return it to sender, or > forward it to a different E-mail address. > > If /etc/courier/maildroprc does not exist, or its mail delivery > instructions do not completely dispose of this message, > maildrop then reads the mail delivery instructions from > $HOME/.mailfilter. If it doesn't exist, or its mail delivery > instructions do not completely dispose of the message, maildrop > then saves the E-mail message in the default mailbox. > > -- > Bowie >
Of course you are right. When I changed the file to deliver the message directly to the folder "Spam", I did not change the brackets. Even though the block is superfluous I find that it slightly improves readability. Best regards Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
