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clarification about flags, pipes and delivery

2003-03-07 15:10:42
The procmailrc man page says

       Flags can be any of the following:

[...]

       f    Consider the pipe as a filter.

[...]

       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.

       W    Has the same meaning as the `w' flag, but  will  sup-
            press any `Program failure' message.


I've got a couple of questions.

If I am delivering mail using a pipe and dmail, should I always add the w flag? (If I don't, how does procmail determine if delivery was successful?)

If I use the f flag for a filter, is w implied? If not, what are the circumstances in which a f(ilter) without w(aiting) is useful?

Thanks,
Jim


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