Hi,
I'm running exim 1.92 on my linux box. I connect to my ISP with PPP
3-4 times a day to check my mailbox which is on another server (ie
I don't use fetchmail).
Here's what I would like to happen:
1) Any mail that is sent from my computer while it's offline should wait
in the queue until a connection is established.
2) Only local users who are listed in a file should be able to send mail
to the outside world.
3) I want to use the same file above to lookup the real email addresses
of local users to rewrite From: lines of outgoing messages.
....
1) used to work, but then I introduced 2) and 3), and now I have a
problem. I'll try to explain what my problem is and how I implemented
2) and 3). I would be really glad if you could make suggestions on all
3 points. For full reference, I'm also including my exim.conf at the
end of this message.
> 1) Any mail that is sent from my computer while it's offline should wait
> in the queue until a connection is established.
exim -qf is run automatically to flush the queue whenever the PPP link
is up. Like I said, this used to work. But now, sometimes when I send a
message while I'm offline, exim freezes the message saying that there
was a domain look-up failure.
My smarthost router includes the line
route_list = "* smtp.freeserve.net bydns_a"
And my retry configuration is
# Domain Error Retries
# ------ ----- -------
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
If I change this to
* * F,30d,1d;
I no longer get domain look-up failures, but this time, when I send
a message while I'm online, the message just sits in the queue and I
have to flush the queue manually.
> 2) Only local users who are listed in a file should be able to send mail
> to the outside world.
The file is /etc/email-addresses, and it looks like this
local_username1: real_email_address1@???
local_username2: real_email_address2@???
The smarthost router includes a condition:
condition = "${lookup{${local_part:$sender_address}}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses} {yes} {no}}"
This, again, works only sometimes (ie, sometimes a user who is not listed
in the email-addresses file can send an email to the outside world. There
must be something wrong with my condition, but what?
> 3) I want to use the same file above to lookup the real email addresses
> of local users to rewrite From: lines of outgoing messages.
*@@ ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
{$value}fail} frF
At least this one works reliably. But any suggestions welcome.
Thanks a lot for reading,
Berkan
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# Start of Exim configuration file
######################################################################
# MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
######################################################################
primary_hostname = nexus
# qualify_domain =
# qualify_recipient =
# local_domains =
local_domains_include_host = true
local_domains_include_host_literals = true
#relay_domains =
#relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
never_users = root
host_lookup_nets = 0.0.0.0/0
sender_host_reject_relay = *
trusted_users = mail
smtp_verify = false
gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*)
gecos_name = $1
received_header_text = "Received: \
${if def:sender_fullhost {from ${sender_fullhost} \
${if def:sender_ident {(${sender_ident})}}\n\t}\
{${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} }}}}\
by ${primary_hostname} \
${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} \
(Exim ${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t\
id ${message_id}"
end
######################################################################
# TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES NOT MATTER #
# Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. #
######################################################################
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narrower = false
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
address_pipe:
driver = pipe
return_output
address_file:
driver = appendfile
address_directory:
driver = appendfile
no_from_hack
prefix = ""
suffix = ""
# maildir_format
address_reply:
driver = autoreply
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
end
######################################################################
# DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how local addresses are handled #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES MATTER #
# A local address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
######################################################################
real_local:
prefix = real-
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery
system_aliases:
driver = aliasfile
file = /etc/aliases
search_type = lsearch
# user = list
# Uncomment the above line if you are running smartlist
userforward:
driver = forwardfile
no_verify
check_ancestor
file = .forward
modemask = 002
filter
localuser:
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery
end
######################################################################
# ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES MATTER #
# A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
######################################################################
smarthost:
driver = domainlist
condition = "${lookup{${local_part:$sender_address}}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses} {yes} {no}}"
transport = remote_smtp
route_list = "* mailcore.theplanet.net:rsunx.crn.cogs.susx.ac.uk bydns_a"
end
######################################################################
# RETRY CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# Domain Error Retries
# ------ ----- -------
#* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
* * F,30d,1d;
end
######################################################################
# REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
*@@ ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
{$value}fail} frF
# End of Exim configuration file
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