Re: [exim] proper vacation processing

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:56:55 +0000 Tony Finch <dot@???> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Phil Chambers wrote:
> >
> > In considering this problem I came to wonder if it is actually possible to do the
> > job properly without using an exim filter. For example, I can't seet at the moment
> > how I can check in a router if the recipients's e-mail address is in the To: or Cc:
> > header.
>
> You can use a condition on the router that sends addresses to the
> autoreply transport, but it would be complicated and fiddly. Is there any
> particular reason you don't want to use a filter to do vacation handling?
>
> Tony.

No particular reason. I just did not see any reference in my search of the archive
to people using filters or suggesting that filters were the only realistic way to do
it properly.

On to another issue: In working up a suitable filter I found I need to use the alias
keyword on the personal condition. It seems odd that you can only have a single
address on the alias keyword and not a list. A list would allow:

alias ${readfile{/alias/list/file}{:}}
or
alias ${lookup...}

With that I could have a single filer for everyone. As it is I will have to have a
separate filter file for each user, each wih its own list of alias keywords. (Some
of my users have more aliases than others.)

Phil.
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Phil Chambers (postmaster@???)
University of Exeter