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Subject: [Exim] .forward file problems
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#                  Runtime configuration file for Exim               #
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# This is a default configuration file which will operate correctly in
# uncomplicated installations. Please see the manual for a complete list
# of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a
# configuration file. There are many more than are mentioned here. The
# manual is in the file doc/spec.txt in the Exim distribution as a plain
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# This file is divided into several parts, all but the last of which are
# terminated by a line containing the word "end". The parts must appear
# in the correct order, and all must be present (even if some of them are
# in fact empty). Blank lines, and lines starting with # are ignored.


############ IMPORTANT ########## IMPORTANT ########### IMPORTANT
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#
#
# Whenever you change Exim's configuration file, you *must* remember to
HUP #
# the Exim daemon, because it will not pick up the new configuration until
#
# until you do this. It is usually a good idea to test a new configuration
#
# for syntactic correctness (e.g. using "exim -C /config/file -bV") first.
#
#
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############ IMPORTANT ########## IMPORTANT ########### IMPORTANT
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######################################################################
#                    MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS                     #
######################################################################


# Specify your host's canonical name here. This should normally be the fully
# qualified "official" name of your host. If this option is not set, the
# uname() function is called to obtain the name.

primary_hostname = mail.pinetek.co.za


# Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses
# here. An unqualified address is one that does not contain an "@" character
# followed by a domain. For example, "caesar@???" is a fully qualified
# address, but the string "caesar" (i.e. just a login name) is an unqualified
# email address. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local
callers by
# default. See the receiver_unqualified_{hosts,nets} options if you want
# to permit unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is
# not set, the primary_hostname value is used for qualification.

qualify_domain = pinetek.co.za


# If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a
different
# domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain here.
# If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used.

# qualify_recipient =


# Specify your local domains as a colon-separated list here. If this option
# is not set (i.e. not mentioned in the configuration file), the
# qualify_recipient value is used as the only local domain. If you do not
want
# to do any local deliveries, uncomment the following line, but do not supply
# any data for it. This sets local_domains to an empty string, which is not
# the same as not mentioning it at all. An empty string specifies that there
# are no local domains; not setting it at all causes the default value (the
# setting of qualify_recipient) to be used.

local_domains = localhost : lsearch;/etc/exim/local_domains

# If you want to accept mail addressed to your host's literal IP address, for
# example, mail addressed to "user@???", then uncomment the
# following line, or supply the literal domain(s) as part of "local_domains"
# above. You also need to comment "forbid_domain_literals" below. This is not
# recommended for today's Internet.

# local_domains_include_host_literals

# The following line prevents Exim from recognizing addresses of the form
# "user@???" that is, with a "domain literal" (an IP address)
# instead of a named domain. The RFCs still require this form, but it makes
# little sense to permit mail to be sent to specific hosts by their IP
address
# in the modern Internet, and this ancient format has been used by those
# seeking to abuse hosts by using them for unwanted relaying. If you really
# do want to support domain literals, remove the following line, and see
# also the "domain_literal" router below.

forbid_domain_literals


# No local deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a
colon-
# separated list). An attempt to do so gets changed so that it runs under the
# uid of "nobody" instead. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note the default
# setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it were a
# normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias for
# root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.

never_users = root


# The use of your host as a mail relay by any host, including the local host
# calling its own SMTP port, is locked out by default. If you want to permit
# relaying from the local host, you should set

host_accept_relay = localhost : 192.168.0.0/16

# If you want to permit relaying through your host from certain hosts or IP
# networks, you need to set the option appropriately, for example
#
# host_accept_relay = my.friends.host : 192.168.0.0/16
#
# If you are an MX backup or gateway of some kind for some domains, you must
# set relay_domains to match those domains. This will allow any host to
# relay through your host to those domains.
#
relay_domains = lsearch;/etc/exim/relay_domains
#
# See the section of the manual entitled "Control of relaying" for more
# information.


# The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all incoming
# IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too
# expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or
# remove the setting entirely.

host_lookup = *


# By default, Exim expects all envelope addresses to be fully qualified, that
# is, they must contain both a local part and a domain. If you want to accept
# unqualified addresses (just a local part) from certain hosts, you can
specify
# these hosts by setting one or both of
#
# receiver_unqualified_hosts =
# sender_unqualified_hosts =
#
# to control sender and receiver addresses, respectively. When this is done,
# unqualified addresses are qualified using the settings of qualify_domain
# and/or qualify_recipient (see above).


# By default, Exim does not make any checks, other than syntactic ones, on
# incoming addresses during the SMTP dialogue. This reduces delays in SMTP
# transactions, but it does mean that you might accept messages with unknown
# recipients, and/or bad senders.

# Uncomment this line if you want incoming recipient addresses to be verified
# during the SMTP dialogue. Unknown recipients are then rejected at this
stage,
# and the generation of a failure message is the job of the sending host.

# receiver_verify

# Uncomment this line if you want incoming sender addresses (return-paths) to
# be verified during the SMTP dialogue. Verification can normally only check
# that the domain exists.

# sender_verify


# Exim contains support for the Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) that is being
# maintained as part of the DNS. See http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/ for
background.
# Uncommenting the first line below will make Exim reject mail from any
# host whose IP address is blacklisted in the RBL at
blackholes.mail-abuse.org.
# Some others have followed the RBL lead and have produced other lists:
DUL is
# a list of dial-up addresses, and there are also a number of other lists
# of various kinds at orbs.org.

# rbl_domains = blackholes.mail-abuse.org
# rbl_domains = blackholes.mail-abuse.org:dialups.mail-abuse.org

# Exim runs as user 'mail' and group 'mail'.
# -- Mark Bergsma <mark@???>

exim_user = mail
exim_group = mail

# Log to syslog as well.
# -- Mark Bergsma <mark@???>

#log_file_path = /var/log/exim/exim_%s.log : syslog

# If you want Exim to support the "percent hack" for all your local domains,
# uncomment the following line. This is the feature by which mail addressed
# to x%y@z (where z is one of your local domains) is locally rerouted to
# x@y and sent on. Otherwise x%y is treated as an ordinary local part.

# percent_hack_domains = *


# When Exim can neither deliver a message nor return it to sender, it
"freezes"
# the delivery error message (aka "bounce message"). There are also other
# circumstances in which messages get frozen. They will stay on the queue for
# ever unless one of the following options is set.

# This option unfreezes unfreezes bounce messages after two days, tries
# once more to deliver them, and ignores any delivery failures.

ignore_errmsg_errors_after = 2d

# This option cancels (removes) frozen messages that are older than a week.

timeout_frozen_after = 7d
auto_thaw = 1m




######################################################################
#                      TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION                      #
######################################################################
#                       ORDER DOES NOT MATTER                        #
#     Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery.    #
######################################################################


# A transport is used only when referenced from a director or a router that
# successfully handles an address.


# This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.

remote_smtp:
driver = smtp


# Uncomment the following if you want to use Procmail as the
# delivery agent.
# -- Mark Bergsma <mark@???>

#procmail:
# driver = pipe
# command = "/usr/bin/procmail -Y -d ${local_part}"

# This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes in traditional
# BSD mailbox format. By default it will be run under the uid and gid of the
# local user, and requires the sticky bit to be set on the /var/mail
directory.
# Some systems use the alternative approach of running mail deliveries
under a
# particular group instead of using the sticky bit. The commented options
below
# show how this can be done.

local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
file = /var/spool/mail/$local_part
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660


# This transport is used for handling pipe deliveries generated by alias
# or .forward files. If the pipe generates any standard output, it is
returned
# to the sender of the message as a delivery error. Set return_fail_output
# instead of return_output if you want this to happen only when the pipe
fails
# to complete normally. You can set different transports for aliases and
# forwards if you want to - see the references to address_pipe in the
directors
# section below.

address_pipe:
driver = pipe
return_output


# This transport is used for handling deliveries directly to files that are
# generated by aliasing or forwarding.

address_file:
driver = appendfile
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add


# This transport is used for handling autoreplies generated by the filtering
# option of the forwardfile director.

address_reply:
driver = autoreply





######################################################################
#                      DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION                       #
#             Specifies how local addresses are handled              #
######################################################################
#                          ORDER DOES MATTER                         #
#   A local address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted.  #
######################################################################


# Local addresses are those with a domain that matches some item in the
# "local_domains" setting above, or those which are passed back from the
# routers because of a "self=local" setting (not used in this configuration).

#virtual:
# domains = lsearch;/etc/exim/virtual_domains
# driver = aliasfile
# file_transport = address_file
# pipe_transport = address_pipe
# no_more
# file = /etc/mail/$domain
# search_type = lsearch*


# This director handles aliasing using a traditional /etc/aliases file.
#
##### NB NB You must ensure that /etc/aliases exists. It used to be the case
##### NB NB that every Unix had that file, because it was the Sendmail
default.
##### NB NB These days, there are systems that don't have it. Your aliases
##### NB NB file should at least contain an alias for "postmaster".
#
# If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set
# up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do
# this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name
# as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary. Alternatively,
you
# can specify "user" on the transports that are used. Note that those
# listed below are the same as are used for .forward files; you might want
# to set up different ones for pipe and file deliveries from aliases.

system_aliases:
driver = aliasfile
file = /etc/aliases
search_type = lsearch
# user = exim
file_transport = address_file
pipe_transport = address_pipe


# This director handles forwarding using traditional .forward files.
# If you want it also to allow mail filtering when a forward file
# starts with the string "# Exim filter", uncomment the "filter" option.

# The no_verify setting means that this director will be skipped when
# verifying addresses if sender_verify or receiver_verify is set (though
# they are not set by default). Similarly, no_expn means that this director
# will be skipped if smtp_expn_hosts is set to allow any hosts to use the
# EXPN command.

# The check_ancestor option means that if the forward file generates an
# address that is an ancestor of the current one, the current one gets
# passed on instead. This covers the case where A is aliased to B and B
# has a .forward file pointing to A.

# The three transports specified at the end are those that are used when
# forwarding generates a direct delivery to a file, or to a pipe, or sets
# up an auto-reply, respectively.

userforward:
driver = forwardfile
file = $home/.forward
no_verify
no_expn
check_ancestor
filter
file_transport = address_file
pipe_transport = address_pipe
reply_transport = address_reply


# Uncomment the following if you want to use Procmail.
# -- Mark Bergsma <mark@???>

#procmail:
# driver = localuser
# transport = procmail
# require_files = /usr/bin/procmail


# This director matches local user mailboxes.

localuser:
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery





######################################################################
#                      ROUTERS CONFIGURATION                         #
#            Specifies how remote addresses are handled              #
######################################################################
#                          ORDER DOES MATTER                         #
#  A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted.  #
######################################################################


# By greg

smarthost:
        driver=domainlist
        transport=remote_smtp
        route_list= * pop3.pinetek.co.za byname


# Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
# in the "local_domains" setting above.


# This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP using a DNS lookup. Any domain
# that resolves to an IP address on the loopback interface (127.0.0.0/8) is
# treated as if it had no DNS entry.

#lookuphost:
# driver = lookuphost
# transport =
# ignore_target_hosts = 127.0.0.0/8


# This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP by explicit IP address,
# when an email address is given in "domain literal" form, for example,
# <user@???>. The RFCs require this facility. However, it is
# little-known these days, and has been exploited by evil people seeking
# to abuse SMTP relays. Consequently it is commented out in the default
# configuration. If you uncomment this router, you also need to comment out
# "forbid_domain_literals" above, so that Exim can recognize the syntax of
# domain literal addresses.

# domain_literal:
# driver = ipliteral
# transport = remote_smtp





######################################################################
#                      RETRY CONFIGURATION                           #
######################################################################


# This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It specifies
# retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals,
# starting at 1 hour and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16
# hours, then retries every 8 hours until 4 days have passed since the first
# failed delivery.

# Domain               Error       Retries
# ------               -----       -------


*                      *           F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,8h



i can't get the exim .forward file to work, the mail that is forwarded
seems to end up stuck in the que please advise.

Many thanks greg

######################################################################
#                      REWRITE CONFIGURATION                         #
######################################################################


# There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file.




######################################################################
#                   AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION                     #
######################################################################


# There are no authenticator specifications in this default configuration
file.

# End of Exim configuration file