> Also, if the process does not close/redirect stdout and stderr, > Postfix will still wait for program output, and you won't gain any > speedup from forking off into the background. > > > With this level of complexity, you really should use the advanced (SMTP) > > filter approach not pipe(8) based filters. > > I agree. pipe-to-command+exit-status is a clumsy way to run a filter. > > Wietse
Well, you guys are the experts ;). I will look into setting up an SMTP proxy here in the near future. For now I'll stick with the out of process cronjob. Gary-