Re: [exim] Question about no_verify in redirect routers

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Casey Allen Shobe
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Question about no_verify in redirect routers
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
>
> It is usual to set no_verify on redirect routers which handle
> users' .forward files, as in the example above.
>
> I don't quite follow this. If I have bgates@??? as a user account,
> but bill@???, bgates@???, and bill@??? all go to the same
> place via redirect routers, shouldn't any one of these verify? What happens
> if the user is sending mail with a default from address set to one of his
> aliases (this is the case sometimes)?


Aliases are usually not handled by .forward files.

Unless you are very careful, Exim can't process .forward files at
verification time because it cannot switch users.

Tony.
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