No matter if you construct the filer parameter line as: "/some/path/myfilter.pl" "rcpt=@@RCPT&msg=@@FILE&from=@@FROM" Or "/some/path/myfilter.pl" "rcpt=@@RCPT" "msg=@@FILE" "from=@@FROM"
I think this is great. I have been wanting this, but I never spoke up. Another vote for. Rob :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 29 May 2004 7:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] XMail Filter @@MACROS Hi - I was wondering if there is any support in the xmail community for the following: I would like the way '@@macro' filter/auth/etc. arguments are parsed by xmail to be enhanced. Currently, for example, you may pass '@@macros' to filters as arguments by setting up the filter's .tab like: "/some/path/myfilter.pl" "@@RCPT" "@@FILE" and you get the recipient in the first argument ($ARGV[0] in perl), and the message file name in the second. Fine. However, xmail does no replacement if an argument specification contains more than the '@@macro'; for example: "/some/path/myfilter.pl" "rcpt=@@RCPT" "msg=@@FILE" gives your filter "rcpt=@@RCPT" and "msg=@@FILE", with no replacement. As I am getting older, sometimes, when I have three or four projects going on at once, I forget the order I specified int the .tab and all heck breaks loose. I know I always can do something like: "/some/path/myfilter.pl" "-r" "@@RCPT" "-m" "@@FILE" but then you end up with 4 arguments, and..., well..., darn it!, I just want something cooler! I think it would be neat to allow replacement anywhere in an argment, so you could write something like: "/some/path/myfilter.pl" "rcpt=@@RCPT&msg=@@FILE&from=@@FROM" and have the replacements done. Then, in this example, you could parse a single argument like a query string and be sure everything matches up ok. The possibilities are endless ;) I have made and tested such a patch. It is 100% backward compatible and actually simplifies some of the argument parsing as a benefit. It may be downloaded from: xmail.beaucox.com/xmail-1.19-pre07-macro-patch or from the "'@@macro' patch" nav bar entry at the page at: xmail.beaucox.com/ Is anyone else interested it this scheme? Am I just being one of Davide's PITA people? Davide? Supporters? Detractors? Please let me know. I promise if I get voted down, I'll shut-up about it (I can hear Davide thinking: '...voted? Who said anything about xmail being a democracy?' ;) ). Aloha => Beau; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
