> On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:27:56AM -0700,
> kimor79@??? <kimor79@???> is thought to have said:
>
>> I have Exim 4.20 running on FreeBSD 4.8 which forwards all incoming
>> mail to an exchange server behind a firewall. I have a question about
>> setting up auto-replies and filters for virtual users.
>>
>> Would it be possible to have a list (external file) that has names in
>> it (abuse, noc, root, support). And then a directory with files for
>> each name in the list. Each file would have text for an auto reply (or
>> better yet a procmail recipe to perform additional tasks). Basically
>> this is similar to localusers with a .forward file, but I do not want
>> to create a localuser, instead I want the lookup to happen against a
>> file.
>>
>> The email would also have to be passed on the exchange server.
>
> I use the following router and transport to do this:
>
> # Autoresponder router
> autoresponse:
> driver = accept
> domains = example.com
> local_parts = dbm;/etc/exim/db/autoresponders.db
> retry_use_local_part
> transport = autoresponder
> unseen
>
>
> # Autoresponders transport
> autoresponder:
> driver = autoreply
> from =
> ${lookup{$local_part-from}dbm{/etc/exim/db/autoresponderdata.db}}
> reply_to =
> ${lookup{$local_part-reply}dbm{/etc/exim/db/autoresponderdata.db}}
> once = /var/log/exim/autoresponders/$local_part.once
> once_repeat = 7d
> log = /var/log/exim/autoresponders/$local_part.log
> file =
> ${lookup{$local_part-response}dbm{/etc/exim/db/autoresponderdata.db}}
> to = $return_path
> subject =
> ${lookup{$local_part-subject}dbm{/etc/exim/db/autoresponderdata.db}}
>
> Where autoresponderdata.db contains sets of headers like:
>
> ###########################################################################
> #
> # Careers
> #
> careers-from: My Company Careers <nobody@???>
> careers-reply: My Company Careers <careers@???>
> careers-subject: AutoReply: My Company Careers
> careers-response: /etc/exim/txt/careers.response
> ###########################################################################
> #
> # Abuse
> #
> [snip]
>
> And autoresponders.db contains a list of local_parts that autoresponders
> exist on. Because of the unseen in the router the mail will fall through
> and go to it's intended destination after the autoresponse fires.
>
> The file referred to in *-response above contains the body of the email
> I send in reply for each reply.
>
> Tabor
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tabor J. Wells twells@???
> Fsck It! Just another victim of the ambient morality
Thank you. Worked like a charm.
Regards,
Kimo
