Re: [exim] ACL nested too deep - possible loop

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Author: Marc Perkel
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] ACL nested too deep - possible loop


On 5/22/2010 12:14 PM, W B Hacker wrote:
> Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>> On 5/21/2010 6:41 PM, W B Hacker wrote:
>>
>>> Marc Perkel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Been doing some recursion. I'll probably figure a way around this with a
>>>> loop counter. However, it might be nice to add a few features to Exim to
>>>> deal with recursion. Just like to throw out some ideas.
>>>>
>>>> The limit it 20. Maybe it would be nice to make it settable?
>>>>
>>>> Is there a recursion loop counter that I can read? If not - maybe there
>>>> should be?
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thought?
>>>
>>> grep the source code...
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I found it - kicked it up to 50.
>>
>>
> Nice code, isn't it? And recompiles in a New York Minute.
>
> And folks thought I was playing head-games.
>
> ;-)
>
> 'course I DO still think you odd or foolhardy for NEEDING that depth of recursion.
>
> As an old machine-code and ASM programmer, I know what all that really 'costs',
> and manage with no recursion at all...
>
> Bill
>
>


Right now recursion is the only way I know to do think like loop through
received headers looking up a list of countries that the message passed
through. Or looping through URI lists inside a message and looking them
up in blacklists.



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