Thank you Heiko and Merlin,
lookups are my really weak point ;-) and my lack on a grasp on regex
hampers me even more. I know I should change this on the long run, but
for now your short term help is very much appreciated...
A one-time change to the conf is acceptable, of course.
I had hope for a solution to keep my alias file the single point of
maintenance AND keep it compilable by exim_dbmbuild. I would like to
stick with the simple
require verify = recipient
for validation. My lookup now is
data = ${lookup{$local_part}dbm{/etc/exim/$domain.aliases.db}}
Can I still do what I want with dbm, and how would I write the alias
file for entries meaning
myname[digits]: myname
Thanks
Hardy
On 13.02.2018 11:12, Merlin Hartley via Exim-users wrote:
> Or even full expansion options - which puts huge power into the aliases file:
> data = ${expand:${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}}
>
> Hope this is useful!
>
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>> On 13 Feb 2018, at 09:38, Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
>>
>> Hardy via Exim-users <exim-users@???> (Di 13 Feb 2018 09:44:38 CET):
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> my aim is to have something in the way of
>>>
>>> myname.*: myname
>>>
>>> for the local user myname, if this is possible to do in the alias file. I
>>> would rather like to have it here than to change the conf. Possible?
>>
>> You need to modify the config anyway, to allow for patterns in your
>> alias file.
>>
>>
>> data = ${lookup{$local_part}nwildlsearch{/etc/aliases}}
>>
>> With entries like:
>>
>> hans: literal
>> hans*: literal
>> *hans: pattern
>> ^hans: regexp
>>
>>
>> Best regards from Dresden/Germany
>> Viele Grüße aus Dresden
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