Re: [Exim] exim re-invocate rewrite

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Robert Lister wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm hoping somebody on the list might know the answer to this one.
>
> I have a transport which uses the new_address = trick to forward
> mail for addresses which are unknown locally to a second server
> to see if they exist on there.


Er, except you are changing the address.. new_address is more of a
forwarding mechanism.. I'd use a smartuser director instead to do this,
which wont change the address, but will send the message to the other
host..

>
> Problem is, because of the way the second system works, users
> end up with:
>
>
> MAIL FROM:<blah@???>
> RCPT TO:<blah@???>
>
> From: blah@???
> To: blah@???
>
> Which then causes this in their cc:Mail system:
>
> From: blah@??? at CCINET
> bcc: Fred Blah at POSTOFFICE
> To: blah@??? at CCINET
>
> This problem would go away if I could make exim rewrite the headers
> (again) from the transport so that the new_address which I've given
> it in the transport also goes back round the rewriting rules and
> ends up as the To:/cc: header.
>
> Is there any way to do this?
>
>
>
> Rob
>
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>
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