Re: [Exim] /etc/aliases

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Thomas Kinghorn
CC: Exim-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [Exim] /etc/aliases
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Thomas Kinghorn wrote:

> This is probably a stupid question, i am sorry
>
> I am having a problem getting exim to read the aliases file.
> The server was previously sendmail and used entries like below:
>
> accounts:       jenniferv@???, niveshm@???
> dns-admin:        tom@???, support@???

>
> however, exim keeps giving me the error:
>
> temporarily rejected RCPT accounts@???: error in redirect data:
> malformed address: :jenniferv@???
> may not follow niveshm@??? in
> "niveshm@???:jenniferv@???"


Run this command

exim -d -bt accounts

to test the address and see how Exim is handling the redirection.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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