On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Nigel R. Armfield wrote:
> student_delivery:
> driver = appendfile;
> file = /var/spool/smail/${length_3:$local_part}/${local_part}
>
> In my old version of Exim (1.59), this worked. In 1.70 the
> directory component ends up being the complete username,
> rather than the first three letters.
Congratulations! You have reported the first bug in Exim 1.70. I will
fix it and issue a patch. However, there is a workaround. The substr
operation *is* working, so you can replace that line with
file = /var/spool/smail/${substr_0_3:$local_part}/${local_part}
Sorry about that.
Philip
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