Re: Trouble with rewriting local-part addresses

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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À: Glenn Carver
CC: exim-users
Sujet: Re: Trouble with rewriting local-part addresses
On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Glenn Carver wrote:

> However, although running exim in test mode shows the rewriting works,
> the problem is that exim then complains the local part (now Glenn.Carver)
> is bad e.g.
>
>    # exim -v -bt glenn@???
>    Address rewritten as: Glenn.Carver@???
>    Glenn.Carver@??? is undeliverable:
>      unknown local-part "glenn.carver" in domain "atm.ch.cam.ac.uk"


Have you set up an appropriate alias file so that deliveries to
Glenn.Carver@??? work? If not, there is no point rewriting
outgoing addresses, because the recipients of the messages won't be able
to reply...

Or have I missed the point here?

> I have the option 'sender_verify=yes' set which may be the problem, but
> I am reluctant to give it up.


That applies only to incoming SMTP messages. Exim knows who the senders
of local messages are.

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