the quickfix is forward the mail to his popid rather email id.
sanjay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jai Kumar Shinde" <jai.s@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 11:58 AM
Subject: [Exim] forward,alias and normail using mysql
> Hi
>
> We have a problem in carrying out deliveries without the password file
> Our directors are as follows
>
> virtual_localuser2:
> driver = aliasfile
> search_type = mysql
> queries = MYSQL_NORMAL : MYSQL_WILD
> user = exim
> #qualify_preserve_domain
> new_director = localuser_first
> no_more
>
>
> localuser_first:
> driver = smartuser
> transport = virtual_local_delivery
>
> and the queries are :-
>
> MYSQL_NORMAL = select emailid from EMAILADDS where domain='${domain}'
> and alias=
> '${local_part}'
> MYSQL_WILD = select popid from EMAILADDS where domain='${domain}' and
> alias='*'
>
> the addresse are as follows
>
> A normal address jai.s@??? would alias to p1234567-001 etc etc
> A wildcard would contain the * symbol and then alias to p1234567-001 or
> whatever
>
> Now when a normal delivery happend, the NORMAL query is exceuted and
> then we direct to localuser_first and voila a delivery occure.
>
> If a query does not match then it sends in the second query, to search
> for the '*' symbol, and again picks up the ID and goes to
> localuser_first again for delivery. These are working fine, now the
> problem is when I do forwarding.
>
> jai.s@??? -----> madan.r@???, madan@???
>
> The problem here is the NORMAL query returns the extracted addresses,
> and madan@??? gets routed externally, however the internal one
> madan.r@??? gets dropped to localuser_first, and the delivery
> gets appended to a mailbox called madan.r and NOT further extracted to
> p2345678-002
>
> I have thought of setting a condition, something like if the extracted
> address matches '-xyx' then direct to localuser_first else pass through
> the director again from the top.
>
> The problem is, I dont knwo which variable contains the extracted
> address, I know it is not $local_part.
>
> I need to keep parsing the local_addresses through until the fit the
> pattern xyyyyyyy-yyy
>
> where x is a character and y is a numeral
>
> Jai
>
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