Re: [Exim] Emulate Sendmails Virtual Domain

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Author: Bart van Dommelen
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To: Philip Hazel, Exim-Users@Exim. Org
Subject: Re: [Exim] Emulate Sendmails Virtual Domain
Hi,

Just having a book about Sendmail in reach, perhaps I can add
something about virtual domains in sendmail. First, I can't find
'virtual domains', but I think 'virtusertable' is meant (sendmail 8.9.3-
21).

This is a sample for a virtusertable file:

@smallorg.org                mailbox@???
@anotherorg.org            %1@???
webmaster@???    rich@???


What happens?

In line 1 all mail destined for smallorg.org is redirected to a single
mailbox called mailbox@???.

Line 2 is redirecting messages from one to another. Note: the token
'%1' variable is used as a token to replicate the username is the
first address.

Line 3 is an example of redicting a single user mailbox to another
location.

I hope this will help some.


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On 27 Feb 2001, at 21:46, Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Gordon McKee wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to emulate sendmail virtual domain in exim3.20. I could put
> > them all in as rewrite rules, but there must be a more elegant way of doing
> > it.
>
> Using rewriting for routing is a Sendmail paradigm. It is not Exim's
> way.
>
> I don't know how Sendmail does virtual domains, not having been near it
> for a decade, but the usual way to do them in Exim is by alias lists.
> There are examples in the manual and in the sample configurations.
> Typically, for each virtual domain, you have a file with a list of local
> parts in that domain and the real addresses to send messages on to.
>
> > Also, can you put a catchall in, and still get an error sent to the sender?
>
> Not sure what you mean. Do you mean "if unknown local part, deliver to
> this address AND send a message to sender"? That can be done using an
> autoreply transport with "unseen", or a filter can be used.
>
> -- 
> Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

>
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Kind regards,

Bart van Dommelen.