Re: [exim] Catchall catching everything

Hi Antony

You can try out what happens, using exims test feature:
exim -bt -d13 fe@???
This simulates a delivery. You might see another director delivering
mail than you expect.
You may want to see my example config of full domain aliasing under
http://ente.limmat.ch/kb/exim/exim_v3_with_virtual_domains.html

Regards, Adrian.

Antony Gelberg wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Exim 3.35, and having problems with a catchall.
>
> The end of /etc/aliases contains:
>
> fe: ferenc
> rl: robert
> sg: shivani
> *: robert
>
> The server serves, let's say, bob.com. Email to fe@???, rl@???,
> and sg@??? is delivered to the appropriate place. However, this
> only works when the * line is commented out. With the * line left in as
> above, robert gets mail to anyone, including fe@??? etc.
>
> I'm not sure why fe@??? doesn't match fe in /etc/aliases just
> because the * is commmented out. I want the * to be a last resort.
>
> Here's the relevant part of exim.conf:
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = aliasfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> file = /etc/aliases
> search_type = lsearch*@
>
> Hope someone can shed some light on this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antony
>