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From: "Petr Novotny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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| On 4 Jan 00, at 9:53, Keith Warno wrote:
| > | The '&' forwards are all collected together, and performed at the
| > end | of the .qmail file processing. If the mail bounces, the forward
| > will | never occur. Try using '|forward vev'.
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| >
| > Hmm that's potentially extremely annoying.
|
| Is it?
| > Any particular reason why '&' forwards are treated this way?
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| Three reasons:
| 1. Speed. All the forwards are done with a single inject.
| 2. Space. All the forwards are injected into the queue once, and
| kept there once.
| 3. No duplicities. If the local delivery fails temporarily, forward are
| not done. Otherwise, you'd end up with zillion copies of the mail
| forwarded in case of failed deliveries.
Makes sense.
Explanation appreciated.
