Re: [Exim] /etc/email-addresses - no rewrite seems to be don…

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Author: John Dalbec
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To: Jon Bendtsen, Exim-Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Exim] /etc/email-addresses - no rewrite seems to be done

Jon Bendtsen wrote:

> I found this in my default exim.conf on my debian boks.
>
>
> ######################################################################
> #                      REWRITE CONFIGURATION                         #
> ######################################################################

>
> # These rewriters make sure the mail messages appear to have originated
> # from the real mail-reading host.
>
> *@vash ${1}@??? Ffr
> *@localhost ${1}@??? Ffr
>
>
> # This rewriting rule is particularly useful for dialup users who
> # don't have their own domain, but could be useful for anyone.
> # It looks up the real address of all local users in a file
>
> *@vash    ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
>                                                 {$value}fail} frFs


Rewriting rules are applied in order. Either move this rule above the other
*@vash rule or change it to start with *@sophusmedical.dk. "exim -d -brw ..."
is your friend.
HTH,
John
>
>
> the contents of /etc/email-addresses are:
> vash:/etc/exim# less ../email-addresses
> # This is /etc/email-addresses. It is part of the exim package
> #
> # This file contains email addresses to use for outgoing mail. Any local
> # part not in here will be qualified by the system domain as normal.
> #
> # It should contain lines of the form:
> #
> #user: someone@???
> #otheruser: someoneelse@???
> root: jbendtsen@???
>
>
> but still no rewrite seem to be done when i send email using mutt from
> this host
>
>
>
> JonB
>
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