hostname variable in attachment replacement

[Julian Field]

On 06/08/2009 11:09, Erik Bloodaxe wrote:
> Julian Field wrote:
>> As clearly shown in the example file supplied in 
>> /etc/MailScanner/reports/en/stored.filename.message.txt,
>>
>> Note to Help Desk: Look on $hostname in $quarantinedir/$datenumber 
>> (message $id).
>>
>> Note the "$hostname" in the line above.
>>
>> On 06/08/2009 10:13, Erik Bloodaxe wrote:
>>> Is there a way to have a variable in the attachements that replace 
>>> unacceptable file types and content that expands to the host names.
>>>
>>> I.e. in stored.filename.message.txt in etc/reports/en
>>>
>>> I want a line saying
>>>
>>> File is in: $(HOSTNAME) in $quarantinedir/$datenumber/$id
>>>
>>> so that my sysadmins can see which of the many servers the file is 
>>> on as the standard reports give them no indication of which server 
>>> to get the file from.
>>>
>>> I have tried all the obvious
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Erik
>>>
>>
>> Jules
>>
> This does not seem to work - $hostname expands to a blank, the 
> enviroment variable $HOSTNAME is set in the environment for login 
> shells but appears not to be set for system started scripts, very few 
> changes have been made to the default install.  This is on RedHat 5.
Have you set the "Hostname" setting in MailScanner.conf?

Jules

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