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What's the best way to deliver mail to both a mailbox and a program?

Feb 29th, 2000 16:34
Nathan Wallace, Dave Sill

When delivering to both a mailbox and a program, it's better to
deliver them via separate .qmail files because if they're in one
.qmail file, and either delivery fails temporarily, *both* will be
retried every time.

E.g., instead of:

  ~user/.qmail:

    ./Maildir/
    |vacation

Do:

  ~user/.qmail:

    user-maildir
    user-vacation

  ~user/.qmail-maildir:

    ./Maildir/

  ~user/.qmail-vacation:

    |vacation

This way, the maildir and vacation deliveries are independent, and if
one fails and is retried, the other won't be multiply delivered.