Re: [Exim] conversion from flatascii to cdb

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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To: Nico Erfurth
CC: Jim Pazarena, exim-users
Betreff: Re: [Exim] conversion from flatascii to cdb
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Nico Erfurth wrote:

> > a rejection file of the type:
> >
> > userID:    :fail: no longer a valid recipient

> >
> > seems to have the message dropped by the cdb routine.
> > using the "cdbdump" shows for example that the above line converts to:
> >
> > +6,6:userID->:fail:
> >
> > can cdb _not_ be used with this type of file ?
>
> How do you convert the files?
>
> I think the script does not handle this case correctly, cdb itself can
> handle such data.


I seem to recall (it's a long time since I did this) that there is a
multi-step process for conversion. You can perhaps intervene in the
middle stage and edit the final data into the correct form. Because it
uses counts, it should be able to handle any data whatsoever, as Nico
says.

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