On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Mitch \(WebCob\) wrote:

> > > I agree completely.  Sam?
> >
> > maildropfilter already fully documents how the exit command works:
> >
> >    EXIT - TERMINATE FILTERING UNCONDITIONALLY
> >               exit
> >
> >        The exit statement immediately terminates filtering.
> > maildropâs return
> >        code is set to the value of the EXITCODE variable.
> > Normally,  maildrop
> >        terminates  immediately  after successfully delivering the
> > message to a
> >        mailbox. The exit statement causes maildrop to terminate
> > without deliv-
> >        ering the message anywhere.
> >
> > What exactly is so confusing, here?
> >
>
> To you - nothing - to me (now) nothing... maybe it doesn't belong there, but belongs 
> in a FAQ.
>
> How do I dump a message?
>
> Set the exit code to 0 and call exit.
>
> Or maybe an example... I've seen a lot of people I'd normally consider
> reasonably smart waste a lot of time trying to send to /dev/null -
> (including myself).
>
> What about a reference of exit codes and what they mean?

It took me a while, but 'man dot-courier' got them to me.
I'd like to suggest a link in maildrop/maildropfilter's manpages to
dot-courier's, something along the lines of "for a list of exit codes
and what they mean to courier, please see dot-courier"


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Jon Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
C and Python Code Gardener


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