Author: Edgar Lovecraft Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Simple syntax error?
Jeremy Harris wrote: > ..[snip]... >
> To be fair, the book is far from clear on exactly what "options" to a
> router constitute "preconditions" and what are some other
> class of thing. I'm currently using:
> Could be confusing at times, but not really that bad IMO... > ..[snip]... >
> The RCPT_LOOKUP is a database access, and LONGCONDX uses
> $address_data several times.
>
> I consider the redirect/"" to be a grody hack, but couldn't
> work out any other way to get $address_data usable.
> Any suggestions?
> This is the only way I know of, I use similar thing myself to do one LDAP
lookup vs. whole bunch. I don't find the redirct/"" hacky myself, as there
are ?good? reasons (as stated in the book/FAQ/and list) as to why the
$address_data should not be expanded until used/filled in first.
It is however, or has been, a matter of debate though.
Although... I am not sure if this has been revisited since the addition of
$acl_xxx being added to the Headers file for use after message reception,
so perhaps some 'get all the data' lookups could be done earlier...
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