Re: [Exim] filter from list of regex expressions

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Author: Nico Erfurth
Date:  
To: Marc Perkel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] filter from list of regex expressions
Marc Perkel wrote:
> Need a little syntax help. I want to write a filter where I test a string
> against a file that contains a lot of regular expressions and returns
> true if
> any match. Something like this:
>
> if "$h_from" matches /etc/exim/blockfrom
> then
>    do something
> endif

>
> Where the /etc/exim/blockfrom file looks like this:
>

....
>
> What is the systex to get this to work?


AFAIK there is no way to do this yet :-/
I have an experimental regexp-lookup, that you could try for this, look
at http://mail.tmtowtdi.de/exim/

something I could think of is

if "$h_from" matches "${readfile{/etc/exim/blockfrom}{|}}" then ....

as usual, this is untested, and just a guess.

ciao