Re: [Exim] local_domains vs. hold_domains

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Frank Elsner
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] local_domains vs. hold_domains
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Frank Elsner wrote:

> but "exim -d 24 -bt elsn4000@???" shows


Testing how to deliver to that address ...

> elsn4000@???
> deliver to elsn4000 in domain linux.zrz.tu-berlin.de
> director = localuser, transport = local_delivery


...

> It seems that "hold_domains" isn't honoured.


This is just a misunderstanding of what -bt actually does. Using -bt is
asking the question "How would Exim deliver to this address?". It has
answered that question. Exim does not inspect "hold_domains" when doing
-bt, which is a check of the routing configuration. It only looks at it
when it has a message to deliver.

I guess I should make this clearer in the manual.

You need to do this test:

exim -N -d9 elsn4000@???
<some message>
.

(Note the -N.)


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