The name "forward_all" is not a set name, so it wont appear on the
documentation. He could have called it "some_router_to_forward_all_mail"
or even "foo_bar_send_the_mail_and_pass_the_beer"
Try instead looking for the domainlist router driver..
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Marilyn Davis wrote:
> Thank you Philip. I'm ok with my clumsy solution. It's working and I
> only need it for a few days.
>
> I guess it's a documentation bug. A grep in the exim-3.33/doc
> directory doesn't seem to pull up anything on "forward_all". I
> changed the title of this thread so that someone might find this
> precious tidbit of info.
>
> Thanks again, especially for exim.
>
> Marilyn Davis, Ph.D marilyn@??? -1 650 965-7121
> Author of eVote(R)/Clerk http://www.deliberate.com
> ---
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Marilyn Davis wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for your efforts to help.
> > >
> > > I gave up and fixed up my alias file to do the forwarding.
> > >
> > > IMHO, a step-by-step on how to forward from one literal ip to another
> > > would be a good thing in a FAQ, or such an example in the
> > > documentation.
> >
> > I've lost the original plot here, I'm afraid. Were you trying to send
> > everything from one host to a replacement? If so, the simple router
> >
> > forward_all:
> > driver = domainlist
> > transport = remote_smtp
> > route_list = * other.host.name.or.ip byname
> >
> > would do it, BUT of course this is "relaying", so you have to permit
> > your host to relay for the domains involved. You need to set
> >
> > local_domains =
> >
> > to cancel all local domains, and then have
> >
> > relay_domains = the domains that were originally local
> >
> > That will allow Exim to accept those domains for relaying.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> > ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
> >
> >
>
>
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