On 22-Jul-2002 at 08:04:47 Philip Hazel wrote:
> On 22 Jul 2002, John Horne wrote:
>> I notice that the one_time router option cannot be used with
>> headers_add/headers_remove. Can I ask why?
>
> Because it doesn't work! When Exim turns a non-delivered "child" address
> into a top-level address because of the one_time feature, it isn't
> clever enough to remember that headers were added/deleted for that
> address. (Indeed, it is only recently that it became clever enough to
> remember an errors_address setting.)
>
>> We used to use this combination in Exim 3; it's not a problem as such
>> but originally caused a problem with our mail queue because all the
>> queued mail had the same address (@plymouth.ac.uk).
>
> It wouldn't have worked in Exim 3. Perhaps you never noticed?
>
Ooh err!?? Well the one_time sorted out the problem we had with the mail
queue, we later added a headers_remove option because we had added headers
from the other mailhub - all very convoluted, don't ask! However, I shall
check since if it wasn't working then I have nowt to worry about with Exim 4
:-)
John.
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