On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Christopher Everett wrote:
> I'm setting up a mail gateway for a client, like this:
<snip>
> 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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