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7<H1>smfi_chgheader</H1>
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10<!---------- Synopsis ----------->
11<TR><TH valign="top" align=left width=100>SYNOPSIS</TH><TD>
12<PRE>
13#include &lt;libmilter/mfapi.h&gt;
14int smfi_chgheader(
15	SMFICTX *ctx,
16	char *headerf,
17	mi_int32 hdridx,
18	char *headerv
19);
20</PRE>
21Change or delete a message header.
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24<!----------- Description ---------->
25<TR><TH valign="top" align=left>DESCRIPTION</TH><TD>
26<TABLE border="1" cellspacing=1 cellpadding=4>
27<TR align="left" valign=top>
28<TH width="80">Called When</TH>
29<TD>Called only from <A href="xxfi_eom.html">xxfi_eom</A>.</TD>
30</TR>
31<TR align="left" valign=top>
32<TH width="80">Effects</TH>
33<TD>Changes a header's value for the current message.</TD>
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36</TD></TR>
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38<!----------- Arguments ---------->
39<TR><TH valign="top" align=left>ARGUMENTS</TH><TD>
40    <TABLE border="1" cellspacing=0>
41    <TR bgcolor="#dddddd"><TH>Argument</TH><TH>Description</TH></TR>
42    <TR valign="top"><TD>ctx</TD>
43	<TD>Opaque context structure.
44	</TD></TR>
45    <TR valign="top"><TD>headerf</TD>
46	<TD>The header name, a non-NULL, null-terminated string.
47	</TD></TR>
48    <TR valign="top"><TD>hdridx</TD>
49	<TD>Header index value (1-based). A hdridx value of 1 will modify the first occurrence of a header named headerf.  If hdridx is greater than the number of times headerf appears, a new copy of headerf will be added.
50	</TD></TR>
51    <TR valign="top"><TD>headerv</TD>
52	<TD>The new value of the given header.  headerv == NULL implies that the header should be deleted.
53	</TD></TR>
54    </TABLE>
55</TD></TR>
56
57<!----------- Return values ---------->
58<TR>
59<TH valign="top" align=left>RETURN VALUES</TH>
60
61<TD>
62smfi_chgheader will return MI_FAILURE if
63<UL><LI>headerf is NULL
64    <LI>Modifying headers in the current connection state is invalid.
65    <LI>Memory allocation fails.
66    <LI>A network error occurs.
67    <LI><A HREF="smfi_register.html#SMFIF_CHGHDRS">SMFIF_CHGHDRS</A> is not set.
68</UL>
69Otherwise, it returns MI_SUCCESS.
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71
72<!----------- Notes ---------->
73<TR align="left" valign=top>
74<TH>NOTES</TH>
75<TD>
76<UL><LI>While smfi_chgheader may be used to add new headers, it is more efficient and far safer to use <A href="smfi_addheader.html">smfi_addheader</A>.
77    <LI>A filter which calls smfi_chgheader must have set the
78        <A HREF="smfi_register.html#SMFIF_CHGHDRS">SMFIF_CHGHDRS</A> flag.
79    <LI>For smfi_chgheader, filter order is important.  <B>Later filters will see the header changes made by earlier ones.</B>
80    <LI>Neither the name nor the value of the header is checked for
81    standards compliance.  However, each line of the header must be under
82    2048 characters and should be under 998 characters.  If longer headers
83    are needed, make them multi-line.  To make a multi-line header, insert
84    a line feed (ASCII 0x0a, or <TT>\n</TT> in C) followed by at least
85    one whitespace character such as a space (ASCII 0x20) or tab (ASCII 0x09,
86    or <TT>\t</TT> in C).  The line feed should NOT be preceded by a
87    carriage return (ASCII 0x0d); the MTA will add this automatically.
88    <B>It is the filter writer's responsibility to ensure that no standards
89    are violated.</B>
90    <LI>The MTA adds a leading space to a header value unless
91    the flag
92<A HREF="xxfi_negotiate.html#SMFIP_HDR_LEADSPC"><CODE>SMFIP_HDR_LEADSPC</CODE></A>
93    is set, in which case the milter
94    must include any desired leading spaces itself.
95</UL>
96</TD>
97</TR>
98
99<!----------- Example code ---------->
100<TR>
101<TH valign="top" align=left>EXAMPLE</TH>
102
103<TD>
104 <PRE>
105  int ret;
106  SMFICTX *ctx;
107
108  ...
109
110  ret = smfi_chgheader(ctx, "Content-Type", 1,
111                       "multipart/mixed;\n\tboundary=\"foobar\"");
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