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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: Jaime Stuardo
CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] Mails are not sent

> On 14 Dec 2015, at 18:35, Jaime Stuardo <jstuardo@???> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Finally, I have copied /opt/exim/localdomains file to other name to back it up and then remove desytec.com entry. That way, exim does not think desytec.com is local. After restart exim daemon, problem was fixed.
>
> This was obvious as I have thought of first, however, I was expecting some sort of confirmation in this list, but I decided to test it by myself because if I continue waiting a reply here, I will die waiting


That’s partly because you aren’t subscribed to the list. So your messages are held for moderation before they’re distributed to the list. I’ve been responding to your emails before they’re distributed to the list.

It’s partly because you’re asking questions that nobody can answer: seeking confirmation that it’s safe to do something, when we can never know the complete setup that you have. We did quickly get to the root of the problem, and confirm a solution.

> Thanks anyway. By the way, is there a forum or something where I can receive real support by exim members, not only by volunteers?


Exim is an open source project, with no commercial sponsorship. It’s developed and supported entirely by volunteers. Nevertheless, I’ve always found support through this list to be *much* faster, and *far* better informed than the support that I’ve received for some very popular commercial mail systems that my employer pays for: from whom the answer is usually "you can’t do that", when they occasionally mean "we don’t know how to do that".

>
> Jaime
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Ian Eiloart [mailto:iane@sussex.ac.uk]
> Enviado el: lunes, 14 de diciembre de 2015 13:46
> Para: Jaime Stuardo <jstuardo@???>
> CC: Exim Users <exim-users@???>
> Asunto: Re: [exim] Mails are not sent
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m afraid you’re going to have to do some of your own work here. You’ve got another router that looks at that file. I don’t know the intended purpose of either router. You may also have other systems looking at that file.
>
> Remember, we’re all volunteers here!
>
> You’re not going to break your configuration by removing the file. But somebody once thought it was a good idea to create it. If you want certainty, you’ll have to find out what that reason was. You won’t find it on this list.
>
>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 15:37, Jaime Stuardo <jstuardo@???> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I browsed /opt/exim/valiases folder, and I saw a file called desytec.com with this content:
>>
>> *: :blackhole:
>>
>> I think I am near to find the solution to this. So, can you tell me if I can safely remove that file to solve the problem? I want to avoid to do "trial and error", so I prefer you confirm this.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jaime
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: Ian Eiloart [mailto:iane@sussex.ac.uk] Enviado el: lunes, 14 de
>> diciembre de 2015 10:48
>> Para: Jaime Stuardo <jstuardo@???>
>> CC: Exim Users <exim-users@???>
>> Asunto: Re: [exim] Mails are not sent
>>
>>
>>> On 11 Dec 2015, at 20:53, Jaime Stuardo <jstuardo@???> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am attaching my exim configuration file.
>>>
>>> There is a line that shows:
>>>
>>> domainlist relay_domains = lsearch;/opt/exim/localdomains :
>>> lsearch;/opt/exim/secondarymx
>>>
>>> I am wondering if this is the file that affects this behavior. When I
>>> saw /opt/exim/localdomains file, this is listed:
>>>
>>>
>>> vps-1128921-x.dattaweb.com
>>> gestionproyectos.cl
>>> v-track.cl
>>> vtrack.cl
>>> dias.cl
>>> gestionx.cl
>>> marvas.cl
>>> commerce.gestionx.cl
>>> depasa.cl
>>> desytec.cl
>>> desytec.cn
>>> desytec.com.cn
>>> desytec.com
>>>
>>> As you read in my original mail, the address that is blackholed,
>>> belongs to desytec.com domain. Can I safely remove "desytec.com" line
>>> in above file to solve this problem?
>>
>> the list local_domains isn’t used in the router virtual_aliases, but there is a test that searches that file. So, it would help. Whether it does any harm elsewhere depends on whether the list, or the file, is consulted for any other purpose. Removing it could, for example, prevent local submission.
>>
>> virtual_aliases:
>> driver = redirect
>> allow_defer
>> allow_fail
>> data = ${if
>> exists{/opt/exim/valiases/$domain}{${lookup{*}lsearch{/opt/exim/valias
>> es/$domain}}}}
>> file_transport = address_file
>> group = exim
>> pipe_transport = virtual_address_pipe domains =
>> lsearch;/opt/exim/localdomains retry_use_local_part
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ian Eiloart
>> Postmaster, University of Sussex
>> +44 (0) 1273 87-3148
>>
>>
>
> --
> Ian Eiloart
> Postmaster, University of Sussex
> +44 (0) 1273 87-3148
>
>


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Ian Eiloart
Postmaster, University of Sussex
+44 (0) 1273 87-3148