Re: [exim] exim rewrite envelope-from for one router only

[ Top posting seems appropriate in this case. ]

Route?deliver to a special queue which is handled by a second
exim instance with its own config ?

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Tim Watts via Exim-users wrote:

> Hi. This one has got me completely stumped. Any tips would be very much
> appreciated :)
>
> I need to rewrite the SMTP-From header for /etc/alias type redirects.
>
> This is to avoid upsetting the SPF checker on the next mail gateway (for
> external users mailing into one of my aliases).
>
> I would like to do what mailman does and replace the SMTP-From with something
> like:
>
> my-alias[-bounces]@mydomain.example.com
> for the redirect of the same name.
>
> OK - You can headers_add in a router so changing From: and Reply-To: headers
> is simple enough...
>
> But I can see no way to change the SMTP-From/Envelope-From within a router or
> indeed anywhere using the same conditions the router triggers on.
>
> This is for Departmental contact addresses, where running a full mailman list
> for 2-15 recipients is a bit inelegant.
>
> I've tried *conditional* rewrite rules but to be honest, I've never done
> those before and I'm getting in a muddle.
>
> I have considered a systemfilter too, or as someone else suggested off list,
> piping to a script. But I feel there must be a way to do this inside the exim
> config and I must be missing a trick.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tim
> --
> Tim Watts