Re: [EXIM] Assignment operators in Exim Filter.

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Joe Vaughan
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Assignment operators in Exim Filter.
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, Joe Vaughan wrote:

> Is there (or is there planned???) any possibility of doing variable
> assignment in the exim filter language?


Well, anything's possible...

This idea is in fact on the long Wish List, but I haven't got round to
that part of the list for a while. I note your interest. It definitely
won't be in the next release, which I am planning to start freezing in a
few days' time.

> 2) can anyone think of a kludge that can be done with exim 1.73 to 
>     give me this capability?


Use the "log" command to write stuff to a file. Maybe you could then
read this file with some kind of ${lookup} construction. This is
definitely a Most Horrible Kludge.


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