Re: [exim] ACL message question

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: exim-users, Philip Hazel
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Subject: Re: [exim] ACL message question


--On Friday, November 5, 2004 10:14:31 GMT +0000 Philip Hazel
<ph10@???> wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Andrew - Supernews wrote:
>
>> Another caveat is that the message= or log_message= text isn't expanded
>> until after the condition processing is done. I think that's a mistake,
>> frankly.
>
> The reason it happens like that is so that the message can incorporate
> information that is returned by the failing test. That is how you can
> include, for example, the name of the DNSBL that triggered, or the data
> that was returned by Exiscan.


I've found, though, that when using "require" it is necessary to set the
log message before the test.

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Ian Eiloart
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Sussex University ITS