Re: Custom mailet question

Hello Matt

On 30/06/2022 20:48, Matt Pryor wrote:
> Hi there, we are currently running James 3.4.0.
Upgrade to 3.7.0 advised.
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> I am looking to create two implementations of Mailet to do the following:
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> 1) Store message ID and a custom header in a database table after email has
> been submitted via smtp
> 2) Update table with failed status if the email bounces
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> Please can you let me know how I can obtain the message ID, is it in an
> attribute and if so which one?
You can obtain it from the email's mime message error.

Eg: mail.getMessage().getMessageID()

Careful you might need to handle a null value...
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> Where in mailetcontainer.xml should I define the custom mailets? I am
> thinking that the first one should go in the transport processor, before
> RemoteDelivery mailet (but after the DKIM mailet), and the second should go
> in the "bounces" processor, after DSNBounce but would appreciate
> confirmation.
Looks good to me ;-)
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> Many thanks for your help.
> Matt
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