[exim] Re: router skipped: previously routed, subsequent cat…

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Author: Evgeniy Berdnikov
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: router skipped: previously routed, subsequent catchall
Hello.

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 05:33:46AM +0800, Gedalya via Exim-users wrote:
> I have some users with some convoluted cyclical forwarding.
>
> I get this debug line: mysql_alias router skipped: previously routed user@domain

[...]
> ═ data = :blackhole:
>
> If the recipient is an alias, and the mysql_alias router was skipped, this kicks in. This seems to work.
>
> Has anyone handled something like this? I wonder if there is a better way to do this.


If address is resolved as alias to itself, this is a special case which
should be handled in some way. Exim has a built-in protection against
endless cycling, and you can use it, of cause. But you have better to
detect this situation and handle it before Exim's safety trigger run.
--
Eugene Berdnikov

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