Marek Kozlowski:
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> On 06/03/2017 02:13 PM, Wietse Venema wrote:
> >>> Canonical maps replace headers or envelopes before the entire message
> >>> is received. Milters replace/add/delete envelope or content after
> >>> the entire message is received.
> >>
> >> I'm not quite sure if I understand the term you use: `before/after the
> >> entire message is received'. I'd really appreciate any clarification.
> >> BTW: Is there any way to change the order?
> >
> > To answer the first question, 'before' refers to events that happen
> > earlier than 'after'. Changing the order requires time travel or
> > the ability to predict the future. The second question makes no
> > sense at this point in time.
>
> ;-)))
>
> My question regarded: `the entire message is received'. With the stress
> on `entire'. I thought that local receives a message as a whole. You
> answer suggested that it receives messages partially. Some part, than
> the canonical starts working then the rest and then a milter operates?
Perhaps surprisingly, Postfix uses the same Milter support
for mail received from the network and from local submission.
Mail in the postdrop queue is not received. It is waiting
to be received by the Postfix mail system.
Wietse
