Marc Sherman wrote: > Chris Purves wrote: > >>I see. Everyone else's comments make a lot more sense now. I didn't >>understand that during DATA the same information is used for a single >>mail even if there are mutltiple rcpt to's. > > > A good rule of thumb is that generally if exim doesn't make a variable > available in a particular ACL, it's because it doesn't make sense to do > so, not because exim is missing some important features. The docs are > often light-to-non-exsistant on explaining _why_ a variable is only > available in certain ACLs; you'll have to turn to the RFCs to understand > that, usually. But if you find yourself saving a variable into an ACL > var for use in a later ACL, your first step should always be the RFCs to > figure out why the variable isn't available later, so that you can > decide the correct semantics for what you're trying to do. > > - Marc > >
That post is so concise and accurate that it should be included at the top of about half the pages in the specification docs. And not just for Exim, but *all* smtp MTA's. ;-) Thanks, Marc! -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
