[Pkg-exim4-users] How to run a script before each queue run?

[Mike Cardwell]

* on the Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 02:00:14PM +0000, Eugen Melinte wrote:

> Is there a way to run a script before each queue run or before the
> SMTP transport connects to the smarthost?
> 
> Background info: I am using as smarthost the SMTP server of my ISP.
> They have just changed the policies on their SMTP servers and now
> each time my exim connects to the smarthost it gets a "550
> Authorization required". This is because now they require POP before
> SMTP authentication. Which is why I need to run the script _before_
> any of those two events (queue run or SMTP connect).
> 
> Any advice welcome.

You might be able to set up something like readsocket in a condition in
the router that passes the mail onto the smarthost (untested):

condition = ${if eq\
               {${readsocket\
                  {inet:your.isps.pop.host:110}\
                  {USER your.username\nPASS your.password\nQUIT\n}\
                  {30s}\
                  {}\
                  {}\
               }}\
               {}\
               {true}\
               {true}\
            }

If you're using pop over SSL that becomes more of a problem. I'd
probably use "openssl s_client" and ${run} for that. But if
you're ISP is making you use POP before SMTP I doubt they're
sophisticated enough for SSL.

Mike