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<h1 class="settitle">Exim's interfaces to mail filtering</h1>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC1">1. Forwarding and filtering in Exim</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC8">2. Sieve filter files</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC21">3. Exim filter files</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Forwarding and filtering in Exim
</pre></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC2">1.1 Introduction</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC3">1.2 Filter operation</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC4">1.3 Testing a new filter file</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC5">1.4 Installing a filter file</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC6">1.5 Testing an installed filter file</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_1.html#SEC7">1.6 Details of filtering commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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Sieve filter files
</pre></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC9">2.1 Recognition of Sieve filters</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC10">2.2 Saving to specified folders</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC11">2.3 Strings containing header names</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC12">2.4 Exists test with empty list of headers</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC13">2.5 Header test with invalid MIME encoding in header</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC14">2.6 Address test for multiple addresses per header</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC15">2.7 Semantics of keep</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC16">2.8 Semantics of fileinto</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC17">2.9 Semantics of redirect</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC18">2.10 String arguments</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC19">2.11 Number units</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_2.html#SEC20">2.12 RFC compliance</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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Exim filter files
</pre></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC22">3.1 Format of Exim filter files</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC23">3.2 Data values in filter commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC24">3.3 String expansion</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC25">3.4 Some useful general variables</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC26">3.5 Header variables</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC27">3.6 User variables</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC28">3.7 Current directory</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC29">3.8 Significant deliveries</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC30">3.9 Filter commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC31">3.10 The add command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC32">3.11 The deliver command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC33">3.12 The save command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC34">3.13 The pipe command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC35">3.14 Mail commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC36">3.15 Logging commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC37">3.16 The finish command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC38">3.17 The testprint command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC39">3.18 The fail command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC40">3.19 The freeze command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC41">3.20 The headers command</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC42">3.21 Obeying commands conditionally</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC43">3.22 String testing conditions</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC44">3.23 Numeric testing conditions</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC45">3.24 Testing for significant deliveries</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC46">3.25 Testing for error messages</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC47">3.26 Testing a list of addresses</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC48">3.27 Testing for personal mail</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC49">3.28 Alias addresses for the personal condition</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC50">3.29 Details of the personal condition</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC51">3.30 Testing delivery status</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC52">3.31 Multiple personal mailboxes</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC53">3.32 Ignoring delivery errors</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a href="filter_3.html#SEC54">3.33 Examples of Exim filter commands</a></td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
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