----- Original Message -----
From: "NOC - KP^2" <noc@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:46 PM
Subject: [Exim] Looking in aliases for local address?
> When I try to send an email that should be delivered locally, it is
failing
> to do so. I have attached the relevant info below.
>
> In my configure file I have:
>
> local_domains = kulish.com : *.kulish.com
>
> exim -d9 -bt noc@??? output:
>
> Exim version 3.33 debug level 9 uid=0 gid=0
> probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (native mode)
> Caller is an admin user
> Caller is a trusted user
> originator: uid=0 gid=0 login=root name=Charlie Root
> sender address = root@???
> Address testing: uid=0 gid=0 euid=1003 egid=6
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Testing noc@???
> kulish.com in local_domains? yes (matched kulish.com)
> kulish.com in percent_hack_domains? no (end of list)
> address noc@???
> local_part=noc domain=kulish.com
> domain is local
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> directing noc@???
> calling system_aliases director
> df_lookup entered: search type = lsearch
> system_aliases director: lsearch key=noc
> file="/etc/aliases"
> search_open: lsearch "/etc/aliases"
> search_find: file="/etc/aliases"
> key="noc" partial=-1
> LRU list:
> 7/etc/aliases
> End
> internal_search_find: file="/etc/aliases"
> type=lsearch key="noc"
> file lookup required for noc
> in /etc/aliases
> lookup failed
> system_aliases director declined for noc:
> calling userforward director
> userforward director: home directory for noc is "/home/noc"
> match against pattern "!^/nonexistent" yielded 0
> expanded string was "^/nonexistent"
> userforward director: file = .forward
> set uid=0 gid=0 euid=1013 egid=1013
> successful stat of /home/noc/.
> /home/noc/.forward not found
> restored uid=0 gid=0 euid=1003 egid=6
> calling localuser director
> queued for local_delivery transport: local_part=noc domain=kulish.com
> errors_to=NULL
> domain_data=NULL local_part_data=NULL
> localuser director succeeded for noc
> noc@???
> deliver to noc in domain kulish.com
> director = localuser, transport = local_delivery
> search_tidyup called
>
> If this user (noc) actually exists on this box, why is it even looking for
> noc in the /etc/aliases file? If I send an actual email, it ends up on my
> main email server (another box which has this account). Do I need
something
> more than local_domains in my configure file for delivering everything
that
> comes in with a *.kulish.com or kulish.com domain locally?
>
> Thanks!
> CK
>
The majority of MTA's search /etc/aliases when doing a local delivery so
that you can have things like:
mike: mike, copy_of_mike, mike-mobile, mike-sms, mike-pager
and direct mail off to more than one place. This is expanded and a copy
delivered to all.
Mike
