Re: [exim] Saving certain attachments to disk

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Author: Tom Kistner
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To: support
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Saving certain attachments to disk
George Stevens wrote:

> I am trying to check if a mail has attachments of a particular type, if so
> then save it to the disk with a unique filename and then run a program. I
> am having real problems having success. The logs are not indicating much
> either so i am hoping to gain some insight here.


I'm not sure you really want to mess with routers and transports here.
Running an external program in ACLs is possible using the ${run
expansion item.

> #Transport Section
> imagetransport:
>     driver               = pipe
>     command              = /home/exim/devel/script.pl $mime_filename


$mime_filename is only available in the MIME ACL (it is per-part, not
per-message).

I'm not sure what exactly you want to achive, so I can't give any more
advice :)

/tom