Hello, Jaap Winius writes:
Hi list,
What would be the best way to pre-process incoming messages? By this I
mean that I'd like to single out certain messages and run one or more
search-and-replace routines over them before they're delivered.
For instance, I could write a perl script with some regular expressions
to do what I want, but then how would I get Exim to pipe these messages
through my script before delivery? Or would PCRE be a better choice?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Examples welcome too.

This is easy is one way, difficult in another. Here is the approach I use: 1. Tell exim to save in /var/spool/maildir this is not the real mail box area. I use both mbox and maildir. Maildir is easier for your needs, single message per file. 2. Use a script to scan the messages the way you want them. Bash/sed or Perl or anything else for that matter. I use this method for virus scanning/pgp signatures/spam control. 3. Each userf must a .forward pointing to the real mail area. Call exim in the script to complete the delivery. I use the following: # Exim filter
save /var/spool/mail/MailDir/$local_part/
save /var/spool/mail/$local_part.backup This method is simple and to the point. The script is the difficult part.

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