Re: [exim] what chars in aliases?

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Author: Patrick Okui
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To: Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y)
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] what chars in aliases?

On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:

> Hi all
> I would like to setup aliases such as
>     8======D : a_unix_user
> in /etc/aliases.

>
> I mostly read the RFC about emails and (I think) I know the allowed
> chars in an email adress.
> What are the forbidden chars for the localparts in /etc/aliases?
> The weird chars will only be the alias. The destination will be
> alphanum
> string without weird things.


short answer: it's up to you.

long answer: check your rcpt acl. you may have an entry like:

   deny    message       = Restricted characters in address
           domains       = +local_domains
           local_parts   = ^[.] : ^.*[@%!/|]


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patrick