At 05:00 PM 10/25/02 +0100, you wrote:
> > 2002-10-17 07:03:59 /dev/null <webmaster@[somedomain].com>
> > D=virtual_aliases defer (-31): file_transport unset in virtual_aliases
> driver
> > I realize my problem's in the transports section exim.conf,
>No, it's in the routers section (Exim 4) or directors section (Exim 3).
Phillip: Ah! As you'd say on your side of the pond, "the penny drops". I
see how it works now.
I should have said I was using v3.34 (as version 3.3x basically came
"stock" with RedHat 7.1). When I have more time to devote I'll upgrade to
4.x (I assume there are conversion tools to handle a reasonably
straightforward exim_conf....)
Thanks so much for the reply from "the man himself".
cheers,
David
>If you alias an address to a file, you must tell Exim which transport to
>use to deliver to that file. You need to set the file_transport option
>on your virtual_aliases driver, just as it tells you. Typically, this
>should point to an appendfile transport.
>
> > I thought /dev/null was recognized by exim as a
> > special case and didn't take any extra setup steps to make it work...
>
>The *transport* recognizes it as a special case.
>
>--
>Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
>ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
