Re: [Exim] Am i in over my head?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jan Johansson
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Am i in over my head?
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Jan Johansson wrote:

> I am wondering if this is at all plausible.
>
> We are using a case tracker (MantisBT) for our customers to log the
> usual foray of cases and comments. This is a PHP script which uses the
> local SMTP server to send notifications/updates/etc.
>
> Now we would like to be able to send copies of outgoing mail to various
> recipients depending on contents of the message body. for instance, the
> following pseudo code:
>
> if body contains "Project:                    SMS_T2"
>    and body contains "Case ID:               0000056"
>    then deliver to "user@???" and to
> "project_manager@???"

>
> of cource the "deliver to as well as the input variables will be mySQL /
> pgSQL lookups.
>
> Is this plausible, or am i in over my head here?


It's plausible, assuming that the relevant text is not too far into the
body. You could apply suitable tests in a system filter. (In Exim 4 you
could also do it in a router.) But why can't you get whatever is
creating the messages to send them where you want them in the first
place?

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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