Phillip Hazel wrote:
> You do not need a filter for such a simple requirement. Just create a
> .forward containing
>
> your-login, you@???
>
> (assuming you are using the default Exim configuration file). I suspect
> the reason your filter may not be working is that you have not enabled
> filtering in the userforward router (it's off by default), but as you
> don't show us the error message, this is just a guess.
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Thanks for the response Phillip,
I've tried editing the userforward router in the exim.conf file in the
\etc directory. Here is the default setting:
userforward:
#!!# filter renamed allow_filter
driver = redirect
allow_filter
check_ancestor
check_local_user
domains = ! lsearch;/etc/userdomains
no_expn
file = $home/.forward
file_transport = address_file
pipe_transport = address_pipe
reply_transport = address_reply
no_verify
I tried removing the #!!# comments per exim.conf instructions. Upon
removal i restarted the Exim mail server and recieved the following error:
exim: exim shutdown failed
exim: antirelayd shutdown succeeded
exim: spamd shutdown succeeded
exim: exim shutdown failed
exim: antirelayd shutdown failed
exim: spamd shutdown failed
exim: exim shutdown failed
exim: antirelayd shutdown failed
exim: spamd shutdown failed
exim: 2004-07-02 11:30:04 Exim configuration error in line 610 of
/etc/exim.conf:
exim: option "filter" unknown ("driver" must be specified before any
private options)
exim: exim startup failed
exim: 2004-07-02 11:30:04 Exim configuration error in line 610 of
/etc/exim.conf:
exim: option "filter" unknown ("driver" must be specified before any
private options)
exim: exim startup failed Jul 2 11:30:04 inshosting exim: antirelayd
startup succeeded
exim: spamd startup succeeded exim has failed, please contact the sysadmin.
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Thanks again,
Stephen
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Levelnine wrote:
>
>> Good day everyone! I'm new to the group and to Exim. I have been doing
>> a
>> fair amount of research regarding the .forward files for Exim. I'm
>> trying
>> to create a .forward that will send a copy of all incoming and outgoing
>> emails to a seperate account. Below is the script that i've been
>> instructed
>> to use per Exim documentation. I've setup the .forward file in the home
>> directory of the server. I'm having no luck getting the copy/forward
>> script
>> to work.
>>
>> #Exim filter
>> unseen deliver me@???
>
> You do not need a filter for such a simple requirement. Just create a
> .forward containing
>
> your-login, you@???
>
> (assuming you are using the default Exim configuration file). I suspect
> the reason your filter may not be working is that you have not enabled
> filtering in the userforward router (it's off by default), but as you
> don't show us the error message, this is just a guess.
>
>> I'm also using Cpanel with Exim, if there is any other way of going
>> about
>> this please let me know...
>
> Disclaimer: I know nothing about Cpanel.
>
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> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
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>
