Yes, but comfortably ensconced in my fog, I wonder why can't the local part
do the appropriate substitution from /etc/aliases. Qualify domain is
trivial. exim appends whatever I put there (e.g. 'email.msn.com'), but
unless I do a -f xxx@yyy on the command line, it substitutes 'root.' I
suppose I could set up my system with a user by the account name known to
msn and that would work, but generally I try to only fire up exim from root.
If I recall my facts correctly, using any of the MUA's from another user
ends up falling afoul of this issue.
I'm grateful. I create a file in root using, say vim, with simple internal
addresses and crank up exim from the command line with -f dt@??? -t <file
and it runs smoothly. Also piping BSMTP script to exim runs well too. The
current limitation above however prevents me from sending mail to any
distribution list in any other manner, absent further resolution
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave C." <djc@???>
To: "Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC"
<chad@???>
Cc: "davidturetsky" <davidturetsky@???>; "exim-users"
<exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] aliases
>
> The problem is likely related to the fact that you have no local domain
> - as discussed before, exim (and other MTA's) generally expect to be
> operated from a server position, rather than a workstation.
>
> One possible workwround is to set the following in exim's config,
>
> local_domains = localhost.localdomain
> and
> qualify_domain = localhost.localdomain
>
> And make sure you have in your /etc/hosts file a line like:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
>
> Then all your local addresses will be "@localhost.localdomain"..
>
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
wrote:
>
> > What does it say when you do a
> >
> > % exim -bt root@???
> > and
> > % exim -bt david@???
> >
> > ???
> >
> > This will test and tell you what exim thinks it should do with these
> > addresses.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> > --On Tuesday, September 5, 2000 7:25 PM -0700 davidturetsky
> > <davidturetsky@???> wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to get aliases to work so when I send out email the local
part
> > > 'root' will alias to davidturetsky as will the local part 'david'
> > >
> > > This is how the relevant part of exim.conf looks:
> > >
> > > system_aliases:
> > > driver = aliasfile
> > > # >> Option added by convert4r3
> > > file_transport = address_file
> > > # >> Option added by convert4r3
> > > pipe_transport = address_pipe
> > > file = /etc/aliases
> > > search_type = lsearch
> > >
> > > In /etc/aliases I have root: davidturetsky and david: davidturetsky
> > >
> > > None of this has any effect. Reading the aliasfile director specs did
> > > not shed any light. What am I missing?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> >
> >
> >
> > Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
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> > Chad Leigh
> > chad@??? chad@???
> >
> >
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> >
>
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