[Mimedefang] problems with filter_recipient

[David F. Skoll]

On Wed, 21 May 2003, Chris Masters wrote:

> Upon general testing, this setup worked well. However,
> during throughput testing the filter_recipient
> function was not always called!! This caused problems
> because I initialise certain variables in
> filter_recipient that are used elsewhere in
> mimedefang_filter.

Don't do that.

Read the mimedefang-filter man page, especially the
GLOBAL VARIABLE LIFETIME section.

> What conditions would cause this to happen? Is it safe
> to initialise variables etc in filter_recipient?

No.  Read the man page.

--
David.