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