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7<H1>smfi_insheader</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_insheader(
15	SMFICTX *ctx,
16	int hdridx,
17	char *headerf,
18	char *headerv
19);
20</PRE>
21Prepend a header to the current message.
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23
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>Prepends a header to the current message.</TD>
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36</TD></TR>
37
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>hdridx</TD>
46	<TD>The location in the internal header list where this header should
47	be inserted; 0 makes it the topmost header, etc.
48	</TD></TR>
49    <TR valign="top"><TD>headerf</TD>
50	<TD>The header name, a non-NULL, null-terminated string.
51	</TD></TR>
52    <TR valign="top"><TD>headerv</TD>
53	<TD>The header value to be added, a non-NULL, null-terminated string.  This may be the empty string.
54	</TD></TR>
55    </TABLE>
56</TD></TR>
57
58<!----------- Return values ---------->
59<TR>
60<TH valign="top" align=left>RETURN VALUES</TH>
61
62<TD>smfi_insheader returns MI_FAILURE if:
63<UL><LI>headerf or headerv is NULL.
64    <LI>Adding 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_ADDHDRS">SMFIF_ADDHDRS</A> is not set.
68</UL>
69Otherwise, it returns MI_SUCCESS.
70</TD>
71</TR>
72
73<!----------- Notes ---------->
74<TR align="left" valign=top>
75<TH>NOTES</TH>
76<TD>
77<UL>
78    <LI>smfi_insheader does not change a message's existing headers.
79	To change a header's current value, use
80	<A HREF="smfi_chgheader.html">smfi_chgheader</A>.
81    <LI>A filter which calls smfi_insheader must have set the
82        <A HREF="smfi_register.html#SMFIF_ADDHDRS">SMFIF_ADDHDRS</A>
83        flag.
84    <LI>For smfi_insheader, filter order is important.
85	<B>Later filters will see the header changes made by earlier ones.</B>
86    <LI>A filter will receive <EM>only</EM> headers that have been sent
87	by the SMTP client and those header modifications by earlier filters.
88	It will <EM>not</EM> receive the headers that are inserted by sendmail
89	itself.
90	This makes the header insertion position highly dependent on
91	the headers that exist in the incoming message
92	and those that are configured to be added by sendmail.
93	For example, sendmail will always add a
94	<CODE>Received:</CODE> header to the beginning of the headers.
95	Setting <CODE>hdridx</CODE> to 0 will actually insert the header
96	before this <CODE>Received:</CODE> header.
97	However, later filters can be easily confused as they receive
98	the added header, but not the <CODE>Received:</CODE> header,
99	thus making it hard to insert a header at a fixed position.
100    <LI>If hdridx is a number larger than the number of headers in the message,
101	the header will simply be appended.
102    <LI>Neither the name nor the value of the header is checked for
103	standards compliance.
104	However, each line of the header must be under 2048 characters
105	and should be under 998 characters.
106	If longer headers are needed, make them multi-line.
107	To make a multi-line header,
108	insert a line feed (ASCII 0x0a, or <TT>\n</TT> in C)
109	followed by at least one whitespace character
110	such as a space (ASCII 0x20) or tab (ASCII 0x09, or <TT>\t</TT> in C).
111	The line feed should NOT be preceded by a carriage return (ASCII 0x0d);
112	the MTA will add this automatically.
113	<B>It is the filter writer's responsibility to ensure that no standards
114	are violated.</B>
115    <LI>The MTA adds a leading space to an inserted header value unless
116    the flag
117<A HREF="xxfi_negotiate.html#SMFIP_HDR_LEADSPC"><CODE>SMFIP_HDR_LEADSPC</CODE></A>
118    is set, in which case the milter
119    must include any desired leading spaces itself.
120</UL>
121</TD>
122</TR>
123
124<!----------- Example code ---------->
125<TR>
126<TH valign="top" align=left>EXAMPLE</TH>
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128<TD>
129 <PRE>
130  int ret;
131  SMFICTX *ctx;
132
133  ...
134
135  ret = smfi_insheader(ctx, 0, "First", "See me?");
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