Re: [exim] Possible bug in Exim

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Author: Marc Perkel
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Possible bug in Exim

On 10/18/2012 6:38 PM, Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2012-10-18 at 06:55 -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
>> I'll do bugzilla if I'm not crazy but thought I'd post it here first to
>> see if I'm nuts.
>>
>>
>> In the transports this works:
>>
>> helo_data = SERVER_NAME.junkemailfilter.com
>>
>> However this does not work:
>>
>> helo_data = $acl_c_helo_data
>>
>> The helo becomes an empty string. And I'm sure the variable is set
>> properly. It's as if acl variables don't work in the transport?
> That's an $acl_c_<name>, "c" for "connection", persists for the lifetime
> of the connection. Transports are run afterwards, so you need an
> $acl_m_<name> variable, to have the data persisted for the life of the
> message.
>
> See "$acl_c..." and "$acl_m..." in "11.9 Expansion variables" of the
> documentation.
>
> The server is behaving as documented, as expected, and consistently,
> with a naming scheme that provides a decent affordance to how the
> variable is handled. I do not believe that this is a bug in Exim.
>
> -Phil
>
>
>


I changed it to acl_m and I get the same result. Not sure what is going
on. I appreciate your help.