Re: [exim] Delivery to root

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Mark Smith
CC: 'Exim Users List'
Subject: Re: [exim] Delivery to root
On Tue, 17 May 2005, Mark Smith wrote:

>
> I have the following routers defined:
>
> postmaster_alias:
> driver = redirect
> domains = +local_domains
> condition = ${if eq{$local_part}{postmaster}{1}{0}}
> data = root
>
> bounce_copies:
> driver = redirect
> domains = +local_domains
> senders = :
> data = root
> unseen
>
> Root is aliased to a real address. Both of the routers work, but the second
> one writes a line to the panic log that says "User 0 set for local_delivery
> transport is on the never_users list".
>
> I can understand the reasons for the error message, and I could get round it
> by specifying a real address, but why doesn't the first router produce the
> same error?


The router does not specify that error; it is the transport that does.
So it depends on what happens after routing.

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