Re: [Exim] setting up mail gateway

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Christopher Everett
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] setting up mail gateway
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Christopher Everett wrote:

> I'm setting up a mail gateway for a client, like this:


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> local_domains                    = *.bhauptman.com:bhauptman.com


Do you really mean this? Local_domains is for domains that are delivered
on this box. It looks like you want all messages to be relayed *through*
the box, so you probably want

local_domains =

i.e. tell it there are no local domains.

>   dan@???:
>     unknown local-part "dan" in domain "bhauptman.com"


> Obviously, it's checking to see if there's a user named "dan" on the
> gateway, and then crapping out when it finds none.


Yes, it will, because you told it that bhauptman.com is a local domain.
"Local" to Exim means "on this box".

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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