"Martin Schr�der" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 2004-08-20 08:55:57 -0500, Smart,Dan wrote:
> > If my spamc does not start (too many instances running) or does not
finish
> > (times out) what happens to the message?
> > Does it bounce, defer, or just get delivered.?
>
> procmailrc(5):
> w Wait for the filter or program to finish and check
> its exitcode (normally ignored); if the filter is
> unsuccessful, then the text will not have been fil�
> tered.
>
> The rule will not deliver so procmail continues.
OK, read the procmailrc.
So to make it requeue on a spamc failure, then the code could look like...
:0 fw
| /usr/bin/spamc
:0 e ## If previous errors, run this
{
EXITCODE = $EX_TEMPFAIL
HOST = "_spamc_failed_"
}