>> It appears that the prefix definition is not being subjected to
>> string expansion. I don't know if this qualifies as a bug report
>> or a feature request, but I do think that it would be consistent to
>> expand prefix/suffix definitions.
>
> From: Dennis Davis <D.H.Davis@???>
>
> You don't say what version of exim you are using. However
> prefix/suffix are exim3 options. Their exim4 equivalents are
> local_part_prefix and local_part_suffix. Both exim3 and exim4
> manuals document these options as string lists that aren't expanded.
> So this would be a feature request, not a bug report.
Dennis:
Thanks for the reply. Exim version is 3.35; sorry for the critical
omission.
In case anyone is interested, here's my work-around. It is not perfect in
that if the user's mailbox contains a dash then this director will produce
undesirable results.
# Define date macro
THE_DATE = ${lc:${extract{3}{ }{$tod_full}}${extract{4}{ }{$tod_full}}}
dateprefix_director:
driver = smartuser
# Note: Prefixes are not subject to string expansion,
# so instead of 'prefix = THE_DATE' we do this...
condition = "${if \
match {THE_DATE} {${extract{1}{-}{${local_part}}}} \
{1} {0} \
}"
new_address = ${extract{2}{-}{${local_part}}}@${domain}
- John R. S.
