Re: [exim] pipe transports, aliases, oh my

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] pipe transports, aliases, oh my
Hello,

Yan Seiner <yan@???> (Mon Nov 7 22:48:00 2011):
> I am using Request Tracker (http://www.bestpractical.com) which has a
> mailgate.
>
> In the past I've just used aliases to pipe the mail to the appropriate
> command. Exim doesn't allow that (Or at least it's strongly discouraged.)


I can't see what's wrong with the pipes in alias processing, *as long*
as it happens in a known environment.

> I have about 20 aliases that are piped to various commands. /etc/aliases
> allows this to be grouped neatly and I can see what is going on. I need
> to change the aliases occasionally.
>
> I can't figure out how to do this in exim without creating
> router/transport pairs for each email address.... That's a total of 40
> chunks of config files, each about 5 lines long, or some 200+ lines
> altogether to replace 20 lines in /etc/aliases..... There has to be a
> better way.


… and you have pipes again then.

Or did I miss the important point?

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Heiko