Re: [exim] How to detect child messages?

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Peter Thomassen
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] How to detect child messages?
On 2008-09-13 at 01:53 +0200, Peter Thomassen wrote:
> So the question is: In a router, how can I detect if the current message
> is the one received via SMTP, or a subsequent message where the
> recipients are already rewritten?


Compare $domain and $local_part to $original_domain and
$original_local_part? Or use $parent_ instead of $original_.

> I tried using the "redirect_router" option and setting it to the next
> router, but it doesn't work. The manual says, "redirect_router" option
> "causes the routing of any generated addresses to start at the named
> router instead of at the first router". I don't know why it doesn't
> work.


exim -d is your friend for figuring out what happens and why. The Exim
Specification, or the exim manual-page, will list the various debug
flags which you can add to that.

-Phil