Re: [exim] Pipe message from filter to return header

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Author: Marc Perkel
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Pipe message from filter to return header
I'd like to request a feature that there be a variation of "run" that
included the message being piped into it. ;)

Philip Hazel wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Marc Perkel wrote:
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>>OK - here's what I want to do - I want to run a program from the system filter
>>and return the results in a header - something like this:
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>>headers add "X-Spamprobe: ${run {/etc/exim/scripts/spamprobe-test
>>$message_id}{$value}{}}"
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>>However - I need to pipe the message into the program that I'm trying to get
>>the results from. How do I do the piping part?
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>There is no facility for doing this from a system filter.
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>(1) You might be able to bend the "cmdline" virus scanner interface in the
>exiscan feature to approximate what you want in an ACL.
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>(2) You can pass the message id and let the program read the spool for
>itself.
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