Re: [Exim] Virtual Domains and mysql

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Alexei V. Alexandrov
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Virtual Domains and mysql
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Alexei V. Alexandrov wrote:

> when i telnet to exim server and do a negotiation in this manner
>
> hello dude
> mail from:ava@???
> rcpt to:user@???
>
> it does a strange thing:
> 0. Checks all local domains
> 1. Looks up an alias in mail_aliases for mail from command


That suggests you have set verify_sender.

> 2. Looks up an alias for address in rcpt to command.
> 3. Finds an alias for user@??? as user_somewere@???
> 4. Tries to find $local_part and deliver to it not using smtp.


Very hard to tell you what is going on here without more information.

> How to tell exim to deliver to this address using smtp to looking in
> aliases -- the domain is not listed in local_domains.


You will get more information if you use Exim's -bh testing option
instead of telnetting to the server. It will tell you what options it is
testing. Run

exim -bh 10.0.0.0

for example, and then type in your SMTP commands. If you want even more
information, try adding -d or -d2, ... up to -d9 for full information.



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