On 30/06/2020 15:19, Jason Keltz via Exim-users wrote:
> All I want to know is whether the following line alone in an existing
> /etc/aliases file should or should not allow me to include aliases from
> an additional external file:
>
> :include:/etc/aliases.alternate
>
> My system_aliases is defined as:
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = redirect
> allow_fail
> allow_defer
> data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
^^^^^^^
You're doing an lsearch.
I said:
>> The item itself
>> takes the "first form". If you are doing an lsearch to get the item,
>> then the line in the file for lsearch (which needs both a key to
>> search for, and the data to be returned) needs to terminate the
>> key with a colon.
Your line:
:include:/etc/aliases.alternate
does not have a key for the lsearch.
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Cheers,
Jeremy
