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Author: Konstantin Boyandin
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim sends message twice if alias points to itself
Hello,

2008/5/5 W B Hacker <wbh@???>:
> Konstantin Boyandin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > JFYI: I have tried to build brand-new Exim 4.69 out of sources. It
> > exhibits exactly the same behavior.
> >
>
> E.G. - does what you tell it to do....
>
> *snip*
>
> > .... I have no desire to downgrade back to Sendmail.
> >
>
> In some ways you already have done.
>
> i.e. you are using Exim's *flexibility* to have it do things the way you
> are accustomed to, instead of using Exim's particular *strengths* to do
> them differently - and hopefully better.
>
> Changing that will need some study and experimentation, but I would
> suggest you seek 'more meat' in acl's and less in router/transport and
> system filters.
>
> You should be able to operate completely without procmail, for example.
>
> 'Seek and ye shall find...'


I have pinpointed the part of the exim.conf (namely, the DSPAM-related
routers) that caused the problem.

After I make this configuration work properly, I continue to replace
sendmail-style logic with Exim-style, wherever possible.

Thanks for your advice.