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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-03-08 01:48:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-03-08 01:48:39 +0000 |
| commit | 029c3999de11af8027b464c1f5fbbf9cb4a4b04d (patch) | |
| tree | d06d8a84fea16c9438a66a2157f1ea35f2e9844a /configure.in | |
| parent | a12fbbb3b5179740079635c9c7e9ca4b38588df9 (diff) | |
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Notes about safe MDAs.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=3225
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diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index db7b899f..c1cbe481 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PID_DIR, "$dir") # it won't try delivering through local SMTP and cause a mail loop. # Sendmail without the -t option to use the message headers will work too, # not just for sendmail itself but for workalikes like exim. +# +# Note: it would be a very bad idea to use any MDA that doesn't return +# a refuse-to-deliver status on disk- or process-table-full +# conditions; mail could get lost that way. Both procmail and +# sendmail (and all of the MDAs like exim that might be lurking under +# a sendmail alias) do the right thing in this circumstance. +# AC_PATH_PROG(procmail, procmail, "", $PATH:/usr/sbin) if test "$procmail" then |