Re: [Exim] bsmtp and suffixes options

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Author: Paul Warren
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To: William Thompson
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] bsmtp and suffixes options
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 18:14, William Thompson wrote:

> > 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.


What can I do with them? I can't rewrite the envelope recipient, and if
I don't include the suffix option in the director, the above expansions
won't be defined.

Paul