Ok, problem solved. I realize that this shouldn't be solved on the MTA
side, but by the vacation functionality. This enables a recipient to see
how he/she was addressed.
Michael
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Michael Jenner wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm using Exim (4.14) together with Cyrus Imap (2.1) and Sieve (for
> vacation and filtering). Most functionality is in place, however, I have
> a problem with aliases and vacation messages:
>
> When I send an email directly to a user a sieve script is triggered
> correctly and a vacation message is sent as an reply.
>
> When I send an email to an alias the sieve script isn't triggered and no
> vacation reply is sent. the recipient receives the message just fine.
>
> I guess this has something to do with the header, could anyone elaborate
> a bit on this?
>
> The problem could be solved by a more advanced sieve script but I do not
> want to do this. It must be easy for users to turn on the vacation
> feature, and hence I have chosen SmartSieve - a web interface for
> creating sieve scripts. Also, users may not know all aliases that point
> to them, so even a more advanced script might not guarantee a vacation
> reply.
>
> Is it possible to configure exim so that an alias translation isn't
> visible to the recipient (imap/sieve)?
>
> Below is attached some of /etc/exim.conf,
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michael
>
> drop_cr
> qualify_domain = skalform.dk
>
> begin routers
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = redirect
> allow_fail
> allow_defer
> data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
>
>
> local_user_cyrus:
> driver = accept
> transport = local_delivery_cyrus_lmtp
>
> begin transports
>
> local_delivery_cyrus_lmtp:
> driver = lmtp
> command = /usr/libexec/cyrus/deliver -l -q
> batch_max = 35
> user = cyrus
>
> begin rewrite
>
> *@*.somedomain.com $1@???
>
>
>
