[Mimedefang] Filters and Global Variables

[John Rudd]

On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:54 AM, Steffen Kaiser wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, John Rudd wrote:
>
>> Does the same child get called for all filter* subroutines?
>>
>> For example, if I define a global variable outside of any 
>> subroutines, and then in filter_begin I clear it ... then add some 
>> values to it in filter, will I then be able to read it in filter_end?
>
> Yes and no; the details are explained in man mimedefang-filter ;  
> section "MAINTAINING STATE".

 From reading that, it looks like all of the routines I'm concerned 
about are in the 4th group, so I should be ok.