Re: [exim] UNSEEN option

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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Subject: Re: [exim] UNSEEN option


--On 2 June 2005 08:54:21 +0100 Steven Wayne <steven@???>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 08:24:36AM +0200, Thomas Kinghorn [MTNNS
> -Rosebank] wrote:
>>
>> Good morning list (depending where you are globally)
>>
>> I have had a request to "cc" all mails to a specific user to a user at
>> another company.
>>
>> Exchange seems to have issues (well lots of them).
>>
>> I have decided to complete the request on the Exim gateway (relay)
>> server.
>>
>> I have been reading the documentation and see
>> That the unseen option can be used to fulfil this requst.
>>
>> <snip>
>> The unseen option can be used to cause copies of messages to be
>> delivered to some other destination, while also carrying out a normal
>> delivery. In effect, the current address is made into a "parent" that
>> has two children - one that is delivered as specified by this router,
>> and a clone that goes on to be routed further.
>> <snip>
>>
>> Any idea's how this can be implemented?
>>
>> Basically all mails to user@??? must be delivered BUT also
>> cc'd to user1@???.
>>
>
> if $message_headers: contains "user@???"
> then
> unseen deliver user1@???
> endif
>
>


That's not going to work if the recipient is a Bcc: recipient. Also, that's
an exim filter snippet, which isn't going to be run if you are delivering
all your mail to an Exchange server (I think).



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Ian Eiloart
Servers Team
Sussex University ITS