Re: [exim] per user spamassassin setup

Marc Sherman wrote:

> Chris Purves wrote:
>
>>I see. Everyone else's comments make a lot more sense now. I didn't
>>understand that during DATA the same information is used for a single
>>mail even if there are mutltiple rcpt to's.
>
>
> A good rule of thumb is that generally if exim doesn't make a variable
> available in a particular ACL, it's because it doesn't make sense to do
> so, not because exim is missing some important features. The docs are
> often light-to-non-exsistant on explaining _why_ a variable is only
> available in certain ACLs; you'll have to turn to the RFCs to understand
> that, usually. But if you find yourself saving a variable into an ACL
> var for use in a later ACL, your first step should always be the RFCs to
> figure out why the variable isn't available later, so that you can
> decide the correct semantics for what you're trying to do.
>
> - Marc
>
>

That post is so concise and accurate that it should be included at the top of
about half the pages in the specification docs.

And not just for Exim, but *all* smtp MTA's.

;-)

Thanks, Marc!