[Mimedefang] FW: sendmail 8.14.0 available

[Jan-Pieter Cornet]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:50:06AM -0500, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:
> >See the $rcpt_mailer, $rcpt_host, $rcpt_addr arguments to
> >filter_recipient ($rcpt_addr contains the mailbox if
> >$rcpt_mailer eq "local").
> 
> Wow, very cool.  I never knew this and I've usually been shelling and 
[...]
> However, my question is what does it do with aliases? UPDATE: tests on my 
> server show the rcpt_addr = the name of the alias and is not expanded 
> further.  Such as:
> 
> Feb  2 09:45:32 intel1 mimedefang.pl[29094]: DEBUG: recip 
> <analiaswithtwomembers at mcgrail.com> - mailer local - host ? - addr 
> thealiasname

Aliases aren't expanded until the local mailer runs. If you want to
expand those, you'll have to look them up "yourself" in the aliases.db

> Does the rcpt triple information above remain in scope and is available in 
> filter_end?  Or do we have to create a state file in CWD?

I refer you to the excellent documentation available in
"man mimedefang-filter" and some clues in my previous message on
this subject. The one you replied to, even...

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Jan-Pieter Cornet <johnpc at xs4all.nl>
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