On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Jez Hancock wrote:
> exim -bvs local_part@domain
>
> but for some reason verification always succeeds regardless of whether
> the local_part is valid on domain. Is -bvs the correct switch to use
> for this?
Yes. But the checking of local parts depends on the domain.
> After running 'exim -d -bvs local_part@domain' it seems that exim is
> only checking to see if 'domain' exists and if so the verification
> succeeds. What am I missing here?
If it's a remote domain, that is all that will happen for -bvs, which
just runs the routers in verify mode. If you want to check local parts,
you have to use the "callout" options in ACLs. There isn't a simple
command-line option for doing that kind of check. Maybe there should
be...
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
Get the Exim 4 book: http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book
