Re: [Exim] aliasfile quoting

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] aliasfile quoting
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 05:28:41PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> > In an alias file that's queried by "search_type = lsearch*@" I have:
> > *:      ${local_part}@???
> > If someone sends mail to "some username"@??? then the message is
> [...]
> > to "some username"@???. Is the correct fix to put quotes like
> > *:      "${local_part}"@???

>
> No,
> ${quote:$local_part}@???


It is certainly a good idea to include the quoting, but this still won't
work. Aliases are not expanded by default. You need to set "expand" on
the director.


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