On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Steve Hill wrote:
> iceni_transport:
> driver = pipe
> batch_max = 1000
> use_bsmtp
> command = /usr/sbin/exim -oMr iceni-scanned -bS
> transport_filter = /usr/bin/mailfilterc $message_id $local_part
> user = exim
> log_output = true
>
> This quite happilly accepts the mail and re-injects the modified message into
> exim. The problem is that the re-injected message is treated as an entirely
> new message - it gets a new message ID so it's not possible to track a message
> on it's journey through the mail server by just grepping the logs for it's
> message ID.
You might be able to abuse the -E command line option. I can't remember
offhand exactly what its side effects are, so someone would have to
check the code.
> Is there any way to pipe a message through an external command, and then
> continue on to process the message that's produced on the command's stdout as
> if it were the same message rather than having to re-transmit the command's
> output as an entirely new message?
I'm afraid not.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service
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