On Mon, 19 May 2003, Marc Perkel wrote:
> I'd like to be able to remove headers using wildcards. I create a lot of
> headers in Exim that I start with "X-Temp" and then run spam assassin
> and then clear out the headers. It would be easier if I didn't have to
> remove each one individually.
Exim is an MTA. MTAs really should concentrate on moving mail, not
messing with it. That job should be done by other programs. IMHO, of
course. :-) Exim has already moved onto the slippery slope rather
further than I originally intended in this regard. Every extension of
this kind introduces the possibility of poorer performance.
You will gather that I am not keen on this kind of extension.
Nevertheless, I will put the idea on the Wish List.
One of the reasons I invented the local_scan() interface was so that I
didn't keep having to invent ad hoc mechanisms for different
modifications. Inside local_scan() you can remove header lines easily
enough.
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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