Uhm.. directors only work on domains defined in local_domains by
_default_.. You really shouldnt need a domains option on a director,
specifying all local domains, anyway. Unless they are not the same set..
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:15:53 +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> > There isn't one. Why do you need it?
>
> Basically as a foot-guard for the trigger-happy co-admin. :-)
>
> Consider this director:
>
> bounce_handler:
> domains = foo.bar.com : baz.bar.com : buz.bar.com
> local_parts = ^bounce-handler-
> driver = smartuser
> new_address = bouncer
> headers_add = X-bounce-handler: $local_part
>
> Every time the mail servers grows a new name and mail is sent from
> bounce-handler-X-Y-Z@???, the bounce_handler director's domains
> option must be updated, as well as the local_domains main configuration
> option.
>
> An easy mistake to make is to add new.bar.com to local_domains, but not
> to the domains option of the bounce_handler director.
>
> I'm using the domains option because I don't want _outbound_ mail
> intended for bounce-handler-subscriber@??? to be mismanaged.
>
> I can live without this functionality. I just prefer not to duplicate
> configuration information.
>
> > Apart from general clutter, one of the reasons for not providing it is
> > that local_domains is not, in general, just a list of domains.
>
> I won't pretend to understand, and I don't need to. I'll trust that the
> author of the software knows what he's talking about and tackle more
> important problems. :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Sheldon.
>
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