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Subject:[maildropl] reformail -D: can't check cache without modifying itActions...
From:Ben Rosengart (br+c@panix.com)
Date:Jun 28, 2004 2:59:41 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop

Hi there,

Panix maintains maildrop scripts on behalf of our customers. We want to use "reformail -D" to suppress duplicate messages. We want to do things in this order:

1. see if the msgid is in the cache 2. if not, do delivery 3. if delivery succeeded, add the msgid to the cache

We need to avoid situations where we put the msgid into the cache, then find we have to defer delivery for some reason -- the next time we try delivery, we'd discard the message! That's obviously no good ...

Our problem, of course, is that there seems to be no option to reformail to check the cache without adding the msgid.

What do you think?

-- Ben Rosengart (212) 741-4400 x215 To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. -- Epictetus