Were running 4.63 from freebsd ports.
Using the '-d' switch I get:
==
bash-2.05b# exim -bem /homes/dhj/test '${extract{Probability}{$h_X-
PerlMx-Spam:}}'
/homes/dhj/test
bash-2.05b# exim -d -bem /homes/dhj/test '${extract{Probability}{$h_X-
PerlMx-Spam:}}'
Exim version 4.63 (FreeBSD 6.2) uid=0 gid=0 pid=358 D=fbb95cfd
Probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (native mode)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 use_setclassresources PAM Perl
OpenSSL Content_Scanning Old_Demime
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz
dnsdb dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext spa
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Size of off_t: 8
changed uid/gid: -C, -D, -be or -bf forces real uid
uid=0 gid=0 pid=358
auxiliary group list: 0 0 5
seeking password data for user "mailnull": using cached result
getpwnam() succeeded uid=26 gid=26
seeking password data for user "root": cache not available
getpwnam() succeeded uid=0 gid=0
configuration file is /usr/local/etc/exim/configure
log selectors = ffffffff 7ffdffff
trusted user
admin user
seeking password data for user "mailnull": cache not available
getpwnam() succeeded uid=26 gid=26
originator: uid=0 gid=0 login=root name=Charlie Root
sender address = root@???
/homes/dhj/test
search_tidyup called
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Exim pid=358 terminating with rc=0 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Running 'exim -bem /dev/null' gives the following:
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bash-2.05b# exim -bem /dev/null
/dev/null
bash-2.05b#
===
Darren.....
On 7-Sep-07, at 4:45 AM, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Darren Jacobs wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to test a variable expansion which is suppose to pull the
>> value for 'Probability=<some number>%' that is located in a header
>> called X-PerlMX-Spam.
>>
>> I have a test email message located in a file called 'test'. I try
>> calling the following:
>>
>> --
>> exim -bem /homes/dhj/test '${extract{Probability}{$h_X-PerlMx-
>> Spam:}}'
>> --
>>
>> in the hopes that it will spit out the value of the Probability key.
>> Unfortunately all its doing is spitting out the file path that I fed
>> it. That is, its spits out '/homes/dhj/test'.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what's wrong here?
>
> Which release of Exim? Have you tried with -d to see debugging output?
> What does "exim -bem /dev/null" say?
>
> --
> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service
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