On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:35:49AM -0700, Chris Fortune wrote:
> Hello, could you pls help a newbie? How can I get Exim to
> delete bounced emails? I'm trying a .forward file in my
> home directory, but Exim ignores it. Here's the .forward
> filter and the exim.conf file.
>
> # Exim filter <<== do not edit or remove this line!
> if $header_subject: contains "Mail-Delivery Failure" or
> $header_subject: contains "Returned Mail" or
> $header_subject: contains "Undelivered Mail" or
> $header_subject: contains "Returned to Sender" or
> $header_subject: contains "Mail delivery failed"
> then
> seen finish
> endif
>
> # Director
> userforward:
> driver = forwardfile
> file = .forward
> no_verify
> no_expn
> check_ancestor
> filter
> file_transport = address_file
> pip_transport - address_pipe
> reply_transport - address_reply
>
> What is wrong?
What order are your directors in? One common mistake I have seen is
that people have their regular director(s) BEFORE the userforward.
This means that exim will deliver mail before it even tries the
userforward director.
