Re: [exim] running an external program on messages data

On 2018-11-11 17:49, Jeremy Harris wrote:

> > What is the recommended/canonical way to run an arbitrary external
> > process on a mail that is being processed and capture the output of
> > the process so it can be used for expansion?
>
> The malware ACL condition, with your choice of scanner type "sock" or
> "cmdline".

Yea, I thought about that too. Feels like the cleanest solution, but
... it is too early. I need to delay the program until delivery time.

> > Is there a way to get the file name(s) for the data in the queue?
> > That would mostly solve my problem.
>
> If you _really_ must go that way... build them from
>
> $spool_directory and $message_exim_id and -H and -D.
> Possibly with $queue_name.
>
> But you're becoming fragile against changes in directory
> usage (as exemplified by queue_name) and formats (cf.
> spool_files_wireformat). Spoolfiles are not intended to be
> a stable interface.

Understood. Thanks for the help.

> Cheers,
> Jeremy

Ian

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