On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, davidturetsky wrote:
> Apparently my mailing lists are still not working correctly. I get
local delivery ok, but not remotes. First I left 'domains =' blank, then
changed it to the literal 'lists.ref.book' contained in the exim
specification example, listing that reference in the 'local_domains'
config option. After first using 'errors_to = richsob', a local address,
I also changed that to the styling shown in the example
David,
'lists.ref.book' is a totally fictitious domain which cannot possibly
exist. It was put there as an example. You should use your real domain,
if you want a separate domain for your mailing lists. Otherwise, leave
it out.
> To my eye, the list is not expanding and instead an attempt is made to
deliver mail to freenewsletter@???
> # Handle mail distribution to lists [placed ahead of routers configuration]
>
> lists:
> driver = forwardfile
> domains = lists.ref.book
This means that this director will handle only addresses of the form
xxxx@???
Since you don't seem to have any of those, this director will never run.
> Delivery address list:
> chiefsob@???
> freenewsletter@???
Your message is addressed to those two addresses.
> chiefsob@???: queued for routing
richsob.com is not in local_domains; therefore it is going to be handled
by the routers, not the directors.
> freenewsletter@???: queued for routing
Likewise for freenewsletter@???.
So, your setting of "domains" didn't even get a look-in - the addresses
are passed to the routers, because neither of them is for a local
domain.
You must put email.msn.com into local_domains if you want addresses
containing that domain to be processed by your directors. However, since
email.msn.com is a public domain that seems to belong to your ISP, I
don't think this is a very good idea. I guess you need to set up some
private local domain of your own and use that as the way of getting your
mailing list expanded.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
