Re: [EXIM] minor self=local problems (and request for LMTP)

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Stuart Lynne
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] minor self=local problems (and request for LMTP)
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Stuart Lynne wrote:

> First after moving one of my servers behind a masquerading firewall I
> discovered that it does not seem possible to tell the exim that the IP
> address of the firewall should be treated as equivalent to local. I thought
> that perhaps one of:
>
>    hosts_treat_as_local = "virtual0.fireplug.net:mail0.fireplug.net:gateway.fireplug.net" 
>    local_domains = "whiskey.wimsey.com:gateway.fireplug.net"  

>
> might have worked, but neither seems to. Am I missing something or is this
> just something not supported yet?


What exactly goes wrong? Have you tried using exim -bh to see what
things it is checking?

> Second I'm trying to use SMTP as a local delivery mechanism (well I would
> prefer LMTP hint hint) and it is working well. Except that I need to be able
> to conditionally deliver to an address based on the original address. I.e.
> I am expecting to be able to build a transport like:
>
>    smtp_delivery:
>        driver = smtp
>        service = 925
>        hosts = "${domain}"
>        non_mx_domains = "${domain}"
>        batch_max = 1
>        gethostbyname                     

>
> The problem is that specifying ${domain} fails if more than one address
> is trying to be delivered.


Set max_rcpt=1 to restrict it to one address.

> Mail addressed to:
>
>    user@somedomain

>
> is mapped to:
>
>    user%somedomain@mailboxserver


If somedomain is a local domain, you can do this using a smartuser
director.

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



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