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Author: Alistair Young
Date:  
To: Philip Hazel
CC: avatar, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] No delivery to/from usernames containing a number - Exim on Solaris 2.6
On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 17:24:05 +0100 (BST), in message <Pine.SOL.3.96.981010172203.15381A-100000@???>,
Philip Hazel <ph10@???> (== ph10)
praised Shub-Internet thus:

> On 10 Oct 1998, Alistair Young wrote:
>> After all, I surely can't be the
>> first one to try using numeric usernames,


> Er, have you noticed my address?


Oh. Er. Yes. Well. Ah. :)

> Try running "exim -bt -d2 z6abc" or whatever, to see *why* it is not
> recognizing such addresses. Increate -d2 to -d9 if you need more
> debugging information.


I've done that (output appended below) - unfortunately, with somewhat
unrevealing results...

Output:

# finger z4Djas                    yum-yum:root:pts/3
Login name: z4Djas                      In real life: James Scott
Directory: /home/fake               
Last login Fri Sep 18 11:18 on pts/4 from peep-bo.hummersk
No unread mail
No Plan.


# exim -bt -d9 z4Djas              yum-yum:root:pts/3
Exim version 2.05 debug level 9 uid=0 gid=14
probably ndbm
Actual local interface address is 127.0.0.1
Actual local interface address is 192.168.254.1
Actual local interface address is 192.168.0.1
Actual local interface address is 192.168.1.1
Address testing: uid=0 gid=14 euid=42 egid=42
Testing z4Djas@???
address z4Djas@???
  local_part=z4djas domain=hummersknott.org.uk
  domain is local

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

directing z4Djas@???
calling system_real_names director
system_real_names director: dbm key=z4djas
file="/etc/mail/realnames"
search_open: dbm "/etc/mail/realnames"
search_find: file="/etc/mail/realnames"
type=dbm key="z4djas" partial=-1
internal_search_find: file="/etc/mail/realnames"
type=dbm key="z4djas"
file lookup required for z4djas
in /etc/mail/realnames
lookup failed
system_real_names director failed for z4djas:
calling system_aliases director
system_aliases director: dbm key=z4djas
file="/etc/mail/aliases"
search_open: dbm "/etc/mail/aliases"
search_find: file="/etc/mail/aliases"
type=dbm key="z4djas" partial=-1
internal_search_find: file="/etc/mail/aliases"
type=dbm key="z4djas"
file lookup required for z4djas
in /etc/mail/aliases
lookup failed
system_aliases director failed for z4djas:
lists director skipped: prefix mismatch
real_localuser director skipped: prefix mismatch
pgpkey_localuser director skipped: prefix mismatch
calling userforward director
userforward director failed for z4djas (not a user)
calling localuser director
localuser director failed for z4djas: no such user
z4Djas@??? is undeliverable:
unknown local-part "z4djas" in domain "hummersknott.org.uk"
search_tidyup called

This is under Solaris 2.6, BTW.

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Alistair J. R. Young                 |        Ia! Ia! Nyarlathotep fhtagn! Ia!
Network Manager and Resident BOFH.   |    Hummersknott School, Darlington, UK.
work: ayn@???             http://www.hummersknott.sch.uk/~ayn/
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