[Pkg-exim4-users] pipe

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 05:01:53PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 01:18 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:14:44PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > > If the address corresponds to a user account on your system, you could
> > > simply set up a pipe in the .forward file in that account's home
> > > directory.  The only thing you might need to change would be the exim
> > > option that controls whether user .forward files can execute pipes (I'm
> > > not sure what the default is).
> > 
> > I consider that a bad idea and would prefer going through a dedicated
> > router/transport pair.
> > 
> How come?  Just curious.

It might not be desireable to allow pipes for _all_ users, and a
router/transport pair concentrates the MTA configuration where it
belongs instead of spreading it through all user's home directories.
Additionally, it allows setting options that are better tailored to
the application at hand.

Greetings
Marc

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