Re: [exim] user filter if $tod_log < "some time"

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Author: Jasen Betts
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] user filter if $tod_log < "some time"
On 2016-10-19, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@???> wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 October 2016 17:06:31 Jeremy Harris wrote:
>> On 19/10/16 16:39, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>> > I have found the variable $tod_log but I can't find out how to a string
>> > comparison within a user filter. Is it possible?
>>
>> For Exim filters (as opposed to Sieve filters) the docs
>> imply that the full horror of Exim string expansions
>> can be used:
>>
>> http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/filter_ch-exim_filter_
>>files.html --
>> Cheers,
>> Jeremy
>
>
> Hi Jerry
>
> That's the main page that I've been using while working on this. However, as I
> read it I can only use "English" style syntax such as
>
> if $tod_log begins "2016-10-19" then
>
> I can't use things such as lt{} or gt{}, and I can't see how to do less than
> or greater than string comparisons
>
> Unless I'm missing something, which is quite possible.


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