Re: Problem with comments in alias file

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Author: m.hampson
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Joe Metzger, exim-users
Subject: Re: Problem with comments in alias file
> An example dist file(/var/smartlist/t1/dist) is:
>
>    t1-digests@???
>    (Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
>    bit2@???

>
>
> The comment line starting "(Only addr..." causes problems with exim.
> This appears to be a valid RFC822 comment.



I think I am seeing a general problem related to this. Once in a while
some joker manages to subscribe to one of my majordomo lists with an
invalid address.

Latest example was @cableol.co.uk

Exim fails to deliver the message to anybody - giving the error as

997-01-25 05:31:11 chemical-outgoing@???: system_aliases director
deferred: <chemical-outgoing@???> - error in alias file: colon expected
after route in "@cableol.co.uk"
*** Frozen ***

This is not good - especially as I did'nt spot it for a few days.

Can we have exim ignore errors in the aliases file(s) (as an option), while
still logging the fact that there was an error.


Martyn
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