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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