David Mathog wrote: > Greetings, > > Mail to "[email protected]", where target.edu runs exim, in some > cases was originally sent to an alias on another mail system which > forwarded them. Let's say that forwarding address was > "[email protected]". These appear on the exim machine with headers > like: > > Envelope-to: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: test > > and are delivered to joeuser. > > What exim configuration rules would one use to convert the subject > line on ONLY the messages originally sent to "[email protected]" from: > > Subject: test > > to > > Subject: [AKA] test > > ? > > All other messages should retain their original Subject line. The > purpose for doing this is to give a visual indication of the type of > message received - otherwise in most mail clients the AKA origin of > the message isn't exposed until the message is opened and more > headers are shown to the user. > > These rewrites would apply only to this one user. Can this be done > in a .forward file or must it be entered in the general configuration > with some sort of conditional on the Envelope-to and To: headers? > > Thank you, > > David Mathog > [email protected] > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
Where it's only for one user, I'd normally look first to see if it could be done using a client side setting. This looks like something that could probably be done for example using Outlook rules to place the message into a separate folder (rather than necessarily change the subject header). Regards Richard -- Richard Rogers IT Development and Innovation Manager Information Services, Staffordshire University Tel. ext. 3785 or 4318 The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Kindly notify the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your computer. -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
