Re: [Exim] $message_id is blank

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Author: Kevin P. Fleming
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] $message_id is blank
Wakko Warner wrote:

> exim v4.20
>
> I'm trying to use $message_id in the RCPT acl, however, I'm finding that it
> is blank when it expands it. The manual isn't clear about this, it only
> says it's not allocated to the message until the header has been
> successfully received.


Exactly! The RCPT ACL is run immediately after the reception of each RCPT TO:<>
SMTP command. The data phase has not started yet, ergo there has not been any
header information transferred.