Re: [EXIM] * lookups when the regular lookups fail

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jared Proudfoot
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] * lookups when the regular lookups fail
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Jared Proudfoot wrote:

> virtual_users:
> driver = smartuser;
> new_address =
> ${lookup{${local_part}@${domain}}dbm{/etc/exim/virtusertable.db}${value}}{${qu
> ote:${local_part}}@${domain}}}
>
> (The above has probably word wrapped.. In the config file, it's all one line).
>
> My problem is, when I had an asterik (*) to the search type (in the above
> example) and put a *@domain.name entry in the db file, exim won't deliver to
> it. As far as I can tell, it only wants/will only deliver to * in the .db
> file and not *@domain.name.


Yup. Asterisk means "look for asterisk".

Try the search type dbm*@ instead of dbm* (see section 6.1).

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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