Re: Exim vs Procmail (was: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others)

From: Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels_at_cistron.nl)
Date: 01/31/04

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    Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:13:04 +0000 (UTC)
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    In article <20040131000921.GM13349@ay.vinc17.org>,
    Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> wrote:
    >On 2004-01-30 18:34:17 +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
    >> See http://www.exim.org/ . Click on "Documentation and FAQs".
    >
    >There are several things I don't like:

    You're probably right on most of those, exim filtering isn't
    the end-all be-all of mail filtering, but:

    >* Exim uses the .forward file which is also used by other MTAs.
    > This may lead to clashes and lost mail if something changes at
    > the system level (e.g. another MTA is used). A bit dangerous.
    > A .eximrc would have been a better idea.

    This is configurable.

    Mike. 

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