On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Juergen Buddy Hoffmann wrote:
> this is what I have in the /etc/exim.conf file...
>
> user_vacation:
> driver = localuser
> require_files = ${local_part}:${home}/vacation.msg
> no_verify
> # except_senders="^.*-request@.*:^owner-.*@.*:^postmaster@.*:^listmaster@.*:^mailer-daemon@.*:^autoreply@.*:^vacation@.*"
> transport = vacation_reply
> unseen
>
> just like on the config.samples page...
> But when I try to restart exim with the new config it fails to start.
What does it say? What's on the main log? What's on the panic log?
Which version of Exim? The except_senders option got abolished at
release 3.00. Instead you put negative items in "senders". You need to
have entries like
senders = ! ^.*-request@ : ! ^owner-
and so on.
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