On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Tony Finch wrote:
>
> > They want to be able to run users' .forward files at verification
> > time, in order to be able to reject local parts with affixes that the
> > user has not defined.
>
> Presumably by running a redirect router with no_more set for affixed
> local parts?
Actually it has separate .forward and .forward-suffix directors, and
suffixes aren't optional for the latter. No other directors match the
addresses, so no_more isn't necessary.
> I understand the requirement, but I am not happy with the proposed
> solution. It seems to me to be too kludgey. I don't like the fact that
> it won't work if a user's .forward file is not readable by the exim
> user.
Yes, it does depend on lax .foward file permissions, but that's true for
the Exim 3 implementation too.
Your alternative suggestion does sound like a more reliable approach.
Tony.
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