On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> The once option of autoreply makes a database entry for an address. The
> database used appears to be standard exim hints database format, however
> the database tools (dumpdb et al) can't manipulate it because its not in a
> fixed place wrt the spool dir.
Sigh. Sadly, it isn't a standard exim hints database. It just uses the
same DBM drivers as hints files do. I plead foresight deficiency.
> Additionally it might be nice (WARNING - superfluous feature request...)
> to have an option so that once entries time out after a specified period -
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Bruce Bowler wrote:
> Hardly superfluous. I Second that request.
I will record this on my new, restarted Wish List, where I am
remembering who asked for what, and when, in a format that can be
published.
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, John Horne wrote:
> If the utilities above are available, then couldn't the expiry date options
> in exim_tidydb be used (run from a cron job)?
They could if they were.
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> Yes - but this might need normal users to have access to cron which might
> conflict with local policy,
... and also be beyond the capabilities of inexpert users.
> I'm also wondering about the idea of a condition on autoreply -
[snip]
> but if you are doing it from a personal filter file, everyone needs to set
The general idea is that the "personal" condition does all that testing
for you.
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