On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Felix Schwarz wrote: > This explanation matches obviously the current implementation. In my > understanding "Delivery of the message is deferred." means that there is no > delivery.
"Defer" in Exim documentation means "tried again later". I will add "The message remains on Exim's queue and is tried again later." > Maybe I should look at the code but my mental model was: Exim routes the mail, > calls transport filter and uses the output (if filter return success) in order > to execute the pipe command. Were there any special reasons to implement it > not sequentially? Aha! That's the problem. Your mental model is, I'm afraid, not right. It all happens in parallel (see my previous message). I will try to get the next edition of the manual to be more clear about this. -- Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714. Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
