On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Eli wrote:

> Just to add to the list - I experienced a similar problem where I was
> defining a header in an early ACL stage, and then trying to detect it's
> presence in later ACLs, however it was always returning false even though
> the header was being added.  Ironically, I switched to testing an acl_m*
> value and it's been working since - but never worked when trying to detect
> the header.  I figured it was just because the header wasn't officially
> added to the msg yet (thus impossible to test for a header added in ACLs in
> other ACLs - but the docs don't say it's that way).

You are correct. The docs do say something about this, though. From 
section 39.19:

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Header lines that are added by an ACL at MAIL or RCPT time are not visible in  |
string expansions in ACLs for subsequent RCPT commands or in the               |
"acl_smtp_predata" ACL. However, they are visible in string expansions in the  |
ACL that is run after DATA is complete (the "acl_smtp_data" ACL). This is also |
true for header lines that are added in the "acl_smtp_predata" ACL. If a       |
message is rejected after DATA, all added header lines are included in the     |
entry that is written to the reject log.                                       |
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If you want to preserve data between MAIL, RCPT, and the "acl_smtp_predata"    |
ACLs, you can use ACL variables, as described in section 39.15.                |
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There is a Wish List item to re-design and re-implement the way header 
additions and substractions are handled in all the places in Exim that 
this happens. But don't hold your breath.

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