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Re: or'd condition versus checking against a list

2003-08-18 09:21:57
Sean had advised Doug,

A long list internal to tbe procmail script will be more efficient
than having procmail invoke a program (and possibly a shell as well)
which must open and read another file to check a list.

OTOH, it is a hell of a lot more convenient to manage an external
file.

If the external file is called with INCLUDERC, you come close to getting the best of both worlds: yes, there is another open and read, and there's another file descriptor in use, but there's no other program or shell forked, and you still get the convenience of separate maintenance.

[and now I wait for my present from cowboy]


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