Re: [Exim] Mysql?

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Author: Nico Erfurth
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To: Michael Roterman
CC: Exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Mysql?
Michael Roterman wrote:
> Yes this is sort of correct. I am using a mail system called hivemail.com
> Basically, the program receives mail through a catch-all address that pipes
> the mail to a PHP script that either adds the message to the db or sends
> back a bounced error message via the php mail() function. So, exim thinks
> that I am the sender of the mails and when they fail it sends all bounced
> messages to my admin account.


Sorry, but IMHO this is weird, storing mails in a mysql-database is just
.... don't know how to tell you, it's SICK.

> Third is to create as you said a director that checks if the user exists.
> This is why I needed the mysql connection as my user list is in a mysql
> database. Not really sure how to do this as I am afraid that re-compiling
> exim will break my cpanel installation.


The easy wait is to use a small scriopt, which just dumps the list of
available accounts/aliases/whatever into a file, which is searchable via
exim (lsearch/dbm/cdb)

Nico