I wouldnt use the system filter for autoresponders - instead direct mail
for the address that you want to autorespond to, to a local account, and
use a user filter instead..
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Greg Ward wrote:
> Hi all --
>
> I'm trying to write a moderately flexible autoresponder in my system
> filter, and keep running up against the cold, hard fact that there can
> be multiple recipients, only one or two of which I really want to
> autorespond to.
>
> Here are the particulars: we run one mail server to handle the domains
> mems-exchange.org and memsnet.org. (And .com and .net versions, but
> that's extraneous.) For any incoming message to webmaster@ either
> domain, I want to
> 1) send a standard autoresponse (same basic text for both domains)
> 2) send the message on to the suckers listed in the alias
> file under "webmaster" (our alias file is domain-neutral,
> so the same suckers get webmaster mail for both domains)
>
> Here's what I've got in my system filter right now:
>
> if foranyaddress $recipients ($thisaddress begins "webmaster@") then
> mail from $thisaddress
> subject "Thank you for your e-mail"
> expand file /etc/exim/webmaster_reply.txt
> log mainlog
> endif
>
> The fact that $thisaddress expands in the "mail" command is a pleasant
> and useful surprise, but it feels like a lucky implementation detail.
> Is this something I can rely on? Or should I find another way to get
> the "From" header right, where "right" means, "the autoresponse message
> comes from the webmaster address that the user originally mailed to".
>
> I want a similar effect in the body of the message; here's the first
> paragraph from /etc/exim/webmaster_reply.txt:
>
> Thank you for your message to $recipients.
> This is an automated response; we do not respond manually to all e-mail sent
> to this address.
>
> $recipients doesn't work (it expands to "$recipients", which seems odd
> -- I thought undefined variables expanded to the empty string).
> Anyways, it would be ugly if the message had multiple recipients -- I do
> NOT want something like
>
> Thank you for your message to webmaster@???, gward@???
>
> -- blechh. Obviously, what I want is the recipient address that caused
> the "foranyaddress" test to succeed, which should be either
> "webmaster@???" or "webmaster@???". None of the
> following seem to work:
> Thank you for your message to webmaster@$domain.
> Thank you for your message to $thisaddress.
> Thank you for your message to $original_local_part@$original_domain.
> Thank you for your message to $parent_local_part@$parent_domain.
>
> Anyone have a clue what I'm missing here?
>
> Thanks --
>
> Greg
>
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