Re: [Exim] bsmtp and suffixes options

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Author: William Thompson
Date:  
To: Paul Warren
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] bsmtp and suffixes options
> > I am trying to pass email addressed to local users (optional with a
> > suffix) to a bsmtp transport. I set up a director:
> >
> > spam_check_director:
> >    driver = localuser
> >    transport = spam_check_transport
> >    suffix = -*
> >    suffix_optional

> >
> > and a transport:
> >
> > spam_check_transport:
> >    driver = pipe
> >    bsmtp = one
> >    pipe = /some/command -u ${local_part}

> >
> > The problem is that an address such as pdw-foo@??? seems to
> > get rewritten to pdw@??? when passed to the bsmtp pipe.
>
> OK, digging further I see from directors/README:
>
>    On entry, the "local_part" field of the address points to the
>    local part we are dealing with, with any prefix and/or suffix
>    removed.

>
> So this is at least the intended behaviour. So, I wondered if I could
> rewrite the recipients back to how they should be. I then see from
> http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/appdocs/exim/spec_34.html:
>
>    it is not possible to rewrite envelope recipients at transport
>    time.

>
> So I'm stuck, it would appear. Any workarounds?


$local_part_prefix and $local_part_suffix
I saw those in the String Expansion part of the manual.