Re: [exim] Next Exim release

On 10/12/15 14:40, Bjørnar Ness wrote:
> I have a few requests for the next exim release:
>
> 1) transfer acl_m and acl_c variables to bounces and autoreplies. This will make
> it possible to use this data for routing or transport without having
> to use hacks to
> transfer this data in headers

Very unlikely to be done; this would be a major change in the
processing model. Currently the bounce or autoreply
is an entirely separate, new message and naturally has
it's own clean set of variables.

>
> 2) lookup cache (do_cache) 3rd option:
>
> the do_cache = false in lookups is actually a flush_cache = true, I
> was not aware
> of this until recently. It would be nice to add a option to not flush
> the entire cache,
> but just to prevent caching the current query
>
> 3) write_file command to be able to write data to a file, this could
> be useful for not
> having to fork a shell process to accomplish same
>
> 4) beeing able to supply tls certificate/key as a string in addition
> to a file/path
>
> 5) ability to log a custom element to atleast message loglines:
>
> My exim config behaves as both mx and a submission, and uses different acl's
> and options based on the SERVER_TYPE macro. I would like to have the
> possibility to add this expansion to each logline.

I suggest you raise bugs for each of these. The probability of them
being worked on before the next release is not high, and the bug-tracker
is the best place to ensure they do not get forgotten.
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Cheers,
Jeremy