On Mon, 29 Jan 2024, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users wrote:
> exim - bt johndoe@???, where johndoe can be a valid or invalid
> local_part
exim -bt johndoe@???
- no space after the dash.
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 06:44 Jerry Stuckle via Exim-users <
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>> Hi, Andreas,
>>
>> Hopefully I did this correctly.
>>
>> I tried running exim with -bd -d+all. I started it then ran it with the
>> option -d+all -bP +local_domains and redirected stderr to files for both.
>>
>> Neither debug outputs showed any attempt to make a call to MySQL I had
>> the MySQL General log running at the same time - it showed no calls to
>> the database.
>>
>> As this is on a local machine, I don't have an MX entry for it in the
>> DNS, so I can't try to send an email to it. The output from the -bP
>> option still shows the mysql command, not the results of execution.
>>
>> I just don't know how to determine if the domain list is working or not.
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Jerry
>>
>> On 2024-01-28 06:48m, Andreas Metzler wrote:
>>> On 2024-01-28 Jerry Stuckle via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> In my local configuration file I have
>>>
>>>> MAIN_LOCAL_DOMAINS=${lookup MySQL{SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT domain
>>>> SEPARATOR ' : ') FROM emailtable}
>>>
>>>> (one line)
>>>
>>>> The Debian configuration file has a line
>>>
>>>> local_domains = MAIN_LOCAL_DOMAINS
>>> [...]
>>>> Executing
>>>
>>>> exim4 -bP +local_domains
>>>
>>>> and it comes back with the lookup statement, not the domains. Database
>>>> connection information is defined and correct.
>>> [...]
>>>> Is this too early for Exim to connect to the database? Or am I doing
>>>> something else wrong?
>>>
>>> Goo monrning,
>>>
>>> -bP does macro replacement, it does not do string expansions, you would
>>> want to either use -be or run in debug mode.
>>>
>>> cu Andreas
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