Re: [EXIM] debugging string expansion in transports

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Phil Chambers
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] debugging string expansion in transports
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Phil Chambers wrote:

> Given that I am trying to set things up to replace an existing service, I am
> spending a lot of time using "exim -bt -d9" to check what my drivers are doing.
> That is fine, but the logging stops when an address is handed to a transport.


Have you investigated the -N option? That goes through the motions of
delivery without actually delivering. Thus, in conjunction with -d9, you
can get more information. For the SMTP transport, it will list the host
names for you.

Mind you, I'm always *very* careful when playing with this, in case I
forget the -N and start sending mail I don't intend to. One way of
insuring against this for external mail is to set

service = 1111

(or some other random port number) on the smtp transport, so any
accidents don't actually send mail outside.

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



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