On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Frank Elsner wrote:
> host.domain.TU-Berlin.DE MX 100 mail.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE
> MX 100 mail2.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE
>
> Mail arriving at one of the two hosts needs to be delivered to
> "host.domain.TU-Berlin.DE".
>
> How to overcome the "lowest MX points to local host" when running exim
> on both `mail´ and `mail2´ ?
Check out host_treat_as_local.
> . A router that accepts an address may set up a transport for it, or may
> pass an altered address to subsequent routers, or it may discover that
> the address is a local address after all. This typically happens when a
> partial domain name is used and (for example) the DNS lookup is
> configured to try to extend such names. In this case, the address is
> passed to the directors. Exim can be configured to do this for any domain
> whose lowest MX record points to the local host.
>
> Especially the last sentence sounds interesting to me, but how to do ?
Check out "self = local" for routers.
> What is meant by "the DNS lookup is configured to try to extend such names" ?
Check out qualify_single, search_parents, and widen_domains on the
lookuphost router.
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