Re: [exim] Exim filters with virtual users from a database

On 19 August 2010 17:39, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@???> wrote:
>  On 08/19/2010 01:32 PM, Yves Goergen wrote:
>> On 05.08.2010 21:56 CE(S)T, Yves Goergen wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've read about Exim filters (and Sieve filters) and the only thing I've
>>> found about storage was that they can be stored in files in the user's
>>> home directory. But in my setup there are no real users and they have no
>>> home directory, there's just database entries for every mailbox (domain
>>> &  local part) and they have a directory where the Maildir data is stored
>>> in. How can I use filters in this setup? Can the filter itself come from
>>> the database as well? That would be the easiest solution for me.
>> Is that possible at all? Or is Exim's flexibility ending here, being
>> stuck on real files in a more or less fixed path?
>
> I think you will need an actual file. But this file can be stored
> anywhere, for example /var/mail/filters/<user>.filter, if you specify
> something like
>
> file = /var/mail/filters/$local_part.filter
>
> in your router. You can use any exim expression that returns a path
> representing where the filter is stored.

No, this is incorrect advice. Use data= instead of file= - see my
previous response.

Peter