Re: [Exim] Newbie question regarding forwarding

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Auteur: Brian Roberts
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Aan: Chris Edwards
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] Newbie question regarding forwarding
Thanks, Chris! We want messages to unknown local user xxx to go to
xxx@central-server, so just a small modification of your second suggestion
works for us:

unknown_user:
driver = redirect
domains = +local_domains
data = $local_part@central-server

Thanks again!
Brian



Chris Edwards wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Brian Roberts wrote:
>
> | I'm trying to forward messages addressed to unknown local users to a
> | central server. I see that this is answered for exim 3 in Q0403 of
> | the FAQ, but I haven't been able to make the conversion to exim 4.
>
> Its easier in v4 :)
>
> Try a manualroute router as your final router (this untested):
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> unknown_user:
> driver = manualroute
> domains = +local_domains
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = * central-server.your.domain
>
> This simply routes - in other words the address is untouched. If however
> you wish to forward such messages to a particular email address somewhere
> (which happens to be handled on your central server) you probably want a
> redirect router:
>
> unknown_user:
> driver = redirect
> domains = +local_domains
> data = xxx@???
>
> In this case, the envelope recipient becomes xxx@??? and the
> message is delivered to the appropriate destination.
>
> Cheers
>
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> Chris Edwards                   University of Glasgow Computing Service,
> C.Edwards@???    Glasgow, Scotland. Phone: +44 141 330 4892.

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