Re: [Exim] Sample MySql Configuration for Aliases

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Patrick Boutilier
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Sample MySql Configuration for Aliases
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Patrick Boutilier wrote:

> mysql_system_aliases:
> driver = aliasfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> search_type = mysql
> query = "select userid from user where aliasid='$local_part'"
> user = exim


Just for the record, that "user=exim" has no effect on the running of
the director. It is only used if any of the addresses generated from
an alias are file names or pipes, e.g. in conventional alias file
notation, something like

alias1: /special/file
alias2: |/some/command

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