Re: extracting addresses from forward files

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Author: Joe Metzger
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To: Michelle Dick, exim-users
Subject: Re: extracting addresses from forward files
I thought skip_syntax_errors would fix it as well but I haven't tested
it.
I made the 1 character change to multigram.c by adding a # character:

% grep "Only" *.c
multigram.c:#define REMOV1_DELIM "#(Only"


On Mar 31, 4:38pm, Michelle Dick wrote:
> Subject: Re: extracting addresses from forward files
> John wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 31, Michelle Dick <artemis@???> wrote:
> >
> > > Smartlist distribution files look like this:
> > >
> > > artemis@???
> > > (Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
> > > artemis@???
> > > mrd@???
> > >
> > > That "(Only addresses ..." line is screwing things up for exim. It
> > > never seemed to bother sendmail.
> >
> > Try putting a # comment in front. That seems to fix things. Exim

doesn't
> > actually understand comments but it stops it from thinking that

(Only..
> > is the beginning of an address.
>
> Alas, this isn't an option. Without the "(Only..." line exactly as it
> is, Smartlist won't automatically remove addresses on unsubscribe.
>
> I thought the skip_syntax_errors should have handled this case.
>
> --
> Michelle Dick             artemis@???              East Palo

Alto, CA
>
>-- End of excerpt from Michelle Dick




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