John D. Hardin wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, mouss wrote:
>
> Oooo! Script critique! My turn!
>
>   
>>>> # Filter for Spam
>>>> cat | $SPAMASSASSIN > out.$$
>>>>
>>>> cat out.$$ | /usr/sbin/sendmail -io -f $ORIGIN $TARGET
>>>>         
>> I too love cats. but "$cmd < $file" does the same as
>> "cat $file | $cmd".
>>     
>
> Why even have an explicit work directory and intermediate file?
>
>  $SPAMASSASSIN | tee /tmp/toto.$$ | $SENDMAIL -f "$ORIGIN" "$TARGET"
>   

true, but if SA fails for some reason, it's better not to run sendmail
at all.

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