Re: [exim] No MAIL verb before RCPT

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Phillip Carroll
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] No MAIL verb before RCPT
On 2017-02-13 at 16:57 -0700, Phillip Carroll wrote:
> BTW, is there some way to test just a conditional expression without
> actually running an email through? It would be nice to be able to call a
> function that would test just this one thing with various example data.


exim -bh 192.0.2.1 -be

Use an IP with reverse DNS to get $sender_host_name populated.

Use -bem /full/path/to/file instead of -be to get many more variables
populated.

% rlwrap exim -bh 131.111.8.88 -be
> $sender_host_name

hummus.csx.cam.ac.uk
> ${extract{-2}{.}{$sender_host_name}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$sender_host_name}}

ac.uk

% rlwrap exim -bh 131.111.8.88 -bem $PWD/00021071.eml
Return-path taken from "Return-path:" header line
> ${if eq{${extract{-2}{.}{$sender_host_name}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$sender_host_name}}}\

           {${extract{-2}{.}{$return_path}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$return_path}}}{yes}{no}}
  no

> ${if eq{${extract{-2}{.}{$sender_host_name}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$sender_host_name}}}\

           {${extract{-2}{.}{$sender_host_name}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$sender_host_name}}}{yes}{no}}
  yes

> ${if eq{${extract{-2}{.}{$sender_host_name}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$sender_host_name}}}\

           {${extract{-2}{.}{$sender_host_name}}.${extract{-1}{.}{$sender_host_name}}}}
  true


-Phil P