[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > The part I am struggling with is the 'data' section. With the redirect > router you don't specify a transport, I'm fine with that. What I don't > understand is how the 'data' lookup actually decides the action to take > on a message?
It depends on the value. If it is not *either* filter data (i.e. the data starts with #Exim filter or #Sieve filter) *or* one of "Special items in redirection lists" http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/index.html#toc0210 it is simply interpreted as a list of addresses. These addreses are the handled by the routers. [...] > The rough structure of the database in pseudo form would be: > email_address final_destination destination_type > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > u...@domain 1.2.3.4:25 direct to ip [...] > u...@otherdomain host.otherdomain:2525 hostname lookup [...] You will need to use a manualroute router to tell exim that the address u...@domain is handled by 1.2.3.4, instead of using redirect. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
