Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham@???> writes:
>> 1. For each subscriber, a rather complicated calculation is necessary
>> to decide whether he wants to receive the message or not.
>
> Isn't this best done in the MLM and passed to exim as a list of
> recipients?
I think most mailing lists have got a rather static subscriber list.
> Then again theoretically you could do an expansion within
> an DB enabled exim if you have the appropriate information....
Hmm. I'm going to look into it.
>> 2. Each message sent to a subscriber needs to carry a unique envelope
>> and header From address.
>
> The envelope could be handled using VERP - see the VERP section in the
> online documentation.
Ah, I see, thanks. However, I'm not sure if VERP is the answer. VERP
traditionally includes the whole recipient address in the From
address, and I don't want to do this, at least not for the header
address.
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