Re: [exim] Multiple User Mailboxes (Spec 42.7 and FAQ 066)

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Autor: Jamin W. Collins
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To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [exim] Multiple User Mailboxes (Spec 42.7 and FAQ 066)
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:55:38AM +0000, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
>
> > To work around this required an additional router and modification to
> > what section 42.7 suggested. The end result is something like the
> > following:
> >
> >   checkforward:
> >     debug_print = "R: checkforward for $local_part@$domain"
> >     driver = accept
> >     check_local_user
> >     require_files = $home/.forward$local_part_suffix
> >     local_part_suffix = -*
> >     local_part_suffix_optional
> >     verify_only

> >
> >   userforward:
> >     debug_print = "R: userforward for $local_part@$domain"
> >     driver = redirect
> >     check_local_user
> >     file = $home/.forward$local_part_suffix
> >     local_part_suffix = -*
> >     local_part_suffix_optional
> >     allow_filter
> >     check_ancestor
> >     no_verify

> >
> > The first is used solely to check the validity of the address based on
> > the availability of the appropriate .forward file. The second handles
> > only the delivery of the address.
> >
> > I'd be interested to know of anyone getting this to work with address
> > validation without needing the second router.
>
> Let me be sure I have this right: If mail arrives for user-foo, you want
> to accept only if the user has .forward-foo and otherwise reject. Is
> that right?


Yes. I wanted to make sure that the user had a .forward-foo file
available to handle the user-foo@domain address before accepting the
message. Thus allowing them to create their own addresses but also
verify the address should be handlable.

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Jamin W. Collins

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