On 19 August 2010 17:39, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/19/2010 01:32 PM, Yves Goergen wrote: >> On 05.08.2010 21:56 CE(S)T, Yves Goergen wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've read about Exim filters (and Sieve filters) and the only thing I've >>> found about storage was that they can be stored in files in the user's >>> home directory. But in my setup there are no real users and they have no >>> home directory, there's just database entries for every mailbox (domain >>> & local part) and they have a directory where the Maildir data is stored >>> in. How can I use filters in this setup? Can the filter itself come from >>> the database as well? That would be the easiest solution for me. >> Is that possible at all? Or is Exim's flexibility ending here, being >> stuck on real files in a more or less fixed path? > > I think you will need an actual file. But this file can be stored > anywhere, for example /var/mail/filters/<user>.filter, if you specify > something like > > file = /var/mail/filters/$local_part.filter > > in your router. You can use any exim expression that returns a path > representing where the filter is stored.
No, this is incorrect advice. Use data= instead of file= - see my previous response. Peter -- ## 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/
