[Pkg-exim4-users] Adding a filter to send a copy of some mails, to an external mailbox.

[Rémi Bouhl]

I have "dc_use_split_config" set to "false", so I guess I have to do
the configuration in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template

I have read /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.Debian.gz and
https://wiki.debian.org/Exim#Configuration , and I believe I
understand a bit how exim configuration files work.

My issue is that there is nothing in the documentation about "how to
set up a specific filter". Looking for "filter" in
/etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template shows up only options related to user
filters.
I have found many samples of config files using Google, but most of
them are not Debian-compliant.

I guess I need to translate this :

==
system_filter = /etc/exim4/copy_of_local.filter
system_filter_pipe_transport = address_pipe
system_filter_user = Debian-exim
==

into a /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template compatible syntax.

Should it start with a ".ifndef SYSTEM_FILTER" ?

I guess I will end up setting up user-defined filters, since there is
a lot of documentation about it :)

2015-10-06 23:56 UTC+02:00, Nick Guerette <nick at mosaic-industries.com>:
>
> One thing to be aware of is the value of dc_use_split_config in
> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf ; if it is 'true', then you need to
> make configuration changes not in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template but
> rather in one of the files under /etc/exim4/conf.d/ .  The parameters
> you are setting do not go directly in update-exim4.conf.conf.  See:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Exim#Configuration
>
>
>
> On 10/6/2015 2:07 AM, Rémi Bouhl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have the following configuration, for small business purpose :
>> - We have one mail address, "info at ourcompany.fr", and one Debian
>> client were we use Icedove to read, process and answer these mails. We
>> use our ISP smarthost for sending mails. This Debian client is the
>> only computer that can access to the Internet. We have a separate
>> Windows LAN.
>>
>> - Since we needed to forward some of these mails to some coworkers, I
>> have installed exim4 on the Debian client, and created local mailboxes
>> : "ls at company-local" and "jm at company-local", and set up Icedove to use
>> exim4 as SMTP server.
>>
>> This works good : exim4 relays mail for the Internet to our ISP
>> smarthost, and stores "@company-local" mails in /var/mail/$user. My
>> coworkers can read their local mails using Thunderbird in Windows.
>>
>> They can answer the mails, too : they use exim4 as outgoing SMTP
>> server. exim4 rewrites the mail ("From" is changed from
>> xxx at company-local, to info at ourcompany.fr), then sends it to the ISP
>> smarthost.
>>
>> What we need is a copy of these mails : For every mail sent by
>> "xxx at company-local" to anyone, I need exim4 to send a copy to
>> "info at ourcompany.fr", using the ISP smarthost.
>>
>> I have created a filter.
>>
>> exim4 config is split between exim4.conf.template and
>> update-exim4.conf.conf
>>
>> Where do I write the following lines to use my filter ?
>>
>> ====
>> system_filter = /etc/exim4/filter.txt
>> system_filter_pipe_transport = address_pipe
>> system_filter_user = Debian-exim
>> ====
>>
>> I have tried to write these in both exim4.conf.template and
>> update-exim4.conf.conf, with no success.
>> I have tried in /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated, but it gets
>> overwritten.
>>
>> Can you point me to the right way of adding my filter ?
>>
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>
> Nick Guerette
> Embedded Systems Engineer
> Mosaic Industries, Inc.
> 510-790-8222
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