On 28 Jan 2013, at 15:51, plot.lost <plot.lost@???> wrote:
> Is it possible to configure exim to use a specific routing option by setting a custom header value?
>
> So, for example, within the email headers having something like:
>
> From: address@???
> To: address@???
> EximRoute: use.this.server.com
>
That value would be available as $header_EximRoute.
route_list isn't expanded, so you can't just say "route_list = $header_EximRoute"
However route_data is expanded, so you might be able to say the following, if the headers are available
route_data = ${lookup{$header_EximRoute}dbm{/etc/routes}}
> Where the value in the EximRoute (or whatever header...) would be used as a manualroute option for this message. It would always only contain a single server name, and it would always be used as manualroute bydns. The header would be stripped out before forwarding the message on.
>
> If there are any delivery errors etc causing the message to be queued, then any retries must still be sent via the specified route.
>
> If no 'EximRoute' header is present, then just route the message as normal.
>
> The exim server would only be accepting requests from a locally running application, no external access to the server would be possible.
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