On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 12:25 -0400, Ephraim Vishniac wrote:
> Under Exim 3.35, I was the default recipient for all mail to my domain
> due to this line at the end of /etc/aliases:
>
> *: ephraim
>
> This isn't working for me since I installed Exim 4.50. What I've done
> so far:
>
> Reading archived mail about "default recipient" led to a note about
> debugging by running "/usr/sbin/exim4 -d -bt <the address>". This
> tipped me off that I was editing the wrong configuration files (the
> flock of small ones instead of the monolithic one).
>
> Searching the FAQ led to question 0418 about handling unknown local
> parts. Implementing the answer given there (add a driver redirecting
> leftovers to a particular user) fixed the problem for locally
> originated mail only. Mail from other domains still fails even though
> testing with "exim4 -d -f <remoteaddress> -bt <localaddress>"
> succeeds. The bounce message says "unknown user" and the exim4 log
> says "unrouteable address".
>
> Guessing that "unrouteable address" came from the configuration, I
> experimentally removed every rule that mentions "unrouteable". This
> had no visible effect at all.
>
> What else do I need to do?
Add an ACL to accept mail for your domain without recipient
verification?
