Re: [exim] exim4 and bcc on Debian Etch

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:08:25 +0100 Mester wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Debian Etch machine with Exim4 and Cyrus IMAP. It downloads the
> emails with fetchmail and Exim4 puts them in the Cyrus folders.
>
> I want to filter the incoming message and it works great with sieve
> scripts. Except one thing: I can no filter on bcc because there are no
> Bcc lines in the incoming messages.
>
> After some googling I found that maybe Exim4 removes the Bcc line from
> the message, and it won't remove it if I call it with the -t command
> line option.
>
> But how can I do it? Where should I put the -t?

You can't do it. With fetchmail you have no access to the envelope.
The envelope was used until the final delivery. fetchmail has no chance :-(

I use uucp to poll my mails from my MX. This keeps the envelope intact.
Ask your provider for uucp or ETRN.


--Frank Elsner