Re: side question [[Exim] Domain Literals and the exim4 docs…

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Frank Heydlauf wrote:

> > As a side question, will exim4 allow RCPT TO:<postmaster>, or am I going to
> > have to patch it?
>
> no problem - just habe a matching router.
>
> velo:fh# exim -bt -d
...
> Address testing: uid=0 gid=72 euid=0 egid=72
> > postmaster

Unfortunately, that isn't the correct test. On that interface,
unqualified local parts get qualified with the qualify domain,
regardless of their value. On incoming SMTP mail, only "postmaster" is
allowed to be unqualified, unless you set recipient_unqualified_hosts.

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