Re: exim question
Ward, Yes, it really does work for me. I thought the point of the original poster is that he wanted any address that didn't match a real user (and I assume another alias) to be delivered to a particular mailbox. He wanted the alias file to never fail. The original poster didn't mention that he was doing virtual domains on the box. To do virtual hosts I configure exim to use multiple alias files (one for each domain) and then the *: rule would go in the appropriate alias file. Trying to do virtual domains in one alias file is troublesome and the *: rule in that case would probably be bad. Pete Ward Willats wrote: > > Pete: > > >In your alias file, as your last rule, put > > > >*: username > > > > Does that really work for you? I had trouble with it because > with a line like this, the alias file can never fail. Exim would > qualify "username" and run it through again, it would also run > any aliases generated by other rules in the file through a > second time, and wind up mapping lots of addresses to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Maybe I just ran into trouble since I have include_domain on > and explicitly handle several virtual domains in my aliases > filebut the *: construct was a big enough gun that I > sure blew my foot off with it! > > -- Ward > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Services, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting
Re: exim question
Ward, Yes, it really does work for me. I thought the point of the original poster is that he wanted any address that didn't match a real user (and I assume another alias) to be delivered to a particular mailbox. He wanted the alias file to never fail. The original poster didn't mention that he was doing virtual domains on the box. To do virtual hosts I configure exim to use multiple alias files (one for each domain) and then the *: rule would go in the appropriate alias file. Trying to do virtual domains in one alias file is troublesome and the *: rule in that case would probably be bad. Pete Ward Willats wrote: > > Pete: > > >In your alias file, as your last rule, put > > > >*: username > > > > Does that really work for you? I had trouble with it because > with a line like this, the alias file can never fail. Exim would > qualify "username" and run it through again, it would also run > any aliases generated by other rules in the file through a > second time, and wind up mapping lots of addresses to > "username@qualify_domian" > > Maybe I just ran into trouble since I have include_domain on > and explicitly handle several virtual domains in my aliases > filebut the *: construct was a big enough gun that I > sure blew my foot off with it! > > -- Ward > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Services, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim question
Pete: In your alias file, as your last rule, put *: username Does that really work for you? I had trouble with it because with a line like this, the alias file can never fail. Exim would qualify "username" and run it through again, it would also run any aliases generated by other rules in the file through a second time, and wind up mapping lots of addresses to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Maybe I just ran into trouble since I have include_domain on and explicitly handle several virtual domains in my aliases filebut the *: construct was a big enough gun that I sure blew my foot off with it! -- Ward
Re: exim question
Pete: >In your alias file, as your last rule, put > >*: username > Does that really work for you? I had trouble with it because with a line like this, the alias file can never fail. Exim would qualify "username" and run it through again, it would also run any aliases generated by other rules in the file through a second time, and wind up mapping lots of addresses to "username@qualify_domian" Maybe I just ran into trouble since I have include_domain on and explicitly handle several virtual domains in my aliases filebut the *: construct was a big enough gun that I sure blew my foot off with it! -- Ward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim question
Can anyone tell me how you'd do same in postfix? b. On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 11:31, Peter Billson wrote: > In your alias file, as your last rule, put > > *: username > > where username is the account the mail should goto. Username can also be > a remote address i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Pete > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Services, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting > > > Bernie Berg wrote: > > > > im running potato with the unstable packages. How do I get exim to spit > > all mail that there isn't a user defined for to a certain mail box? so > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" goes to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > thanks! > > bernie > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- cheers, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 0421 920 497 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: exim question
In your alias file, as your last rule, put *: username where username is the account the mail should goto. Username can also be a remote address i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pete -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Services, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting Bernie Berg wrote: > > im running potato with the unstable packages. How do I get exim to spit all > mail that there isn't a user defined for to a certain mail box? so "[EMAIL > PROTECTED]" goes to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > thanks! > bernie > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim question
Can anyone tell me how you'd do same in postfix? b. On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 11:31, Peter Billson wrote: > In your alias file, as your last rule, put > > *: username > > where username is the account the mail should goto. Username can also be > a remote address i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Pete > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Services, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting > > > Bernie Berg wrote: > > > > im running potato with the unstable packages. How do I get exim to spit all mail >that there isn't a user defined for to a certain mail box? so >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" goes to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > thanks! > > bernie > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- cheers, Brad Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 0421 920 497 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: exim question
In your alias file, as your last rule, put *: username where username is the account the mail should goto. Username can also be a remote address i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pete -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Services, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting Bernie Berg wrote: > > im running potato with the unstable packages. How do I get exim to spit all mail >that there isn't a user defined for to a certain mail box? so >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" goes to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > thanks! > bernie > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim question
At 6:30 PM -0600 2/20/02, Bernie Berg wrote: im running potato with the unstable packages. How do I get exim to spit all mail that there isn't a user defined for to a certain mail box? so "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" goes to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 1. An alias file: system_aliases: driver = aliasfile file = /etc/aliases file_transport = address_file search_type= lsearch*@ include_domain = true where /etc/aliases contains: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. A catch all at the end of the director chain (after localuser): catch_all: driver = smartuser domains= domain.com new_address= [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ward
Re: exim question
At 6:30 PM -0600 2/20/02, Bernie Berg wrote: >im running potato with the unstable packages. How do I get exim to >spit all mail that there isn't a user defined for to a certain mail >box? so "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" goes to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 1. An alias file: system_aliases: driver = aliasfile file = /etc/aliases file_transport = address_file search_type= lsearch*@ include_domain = true where /etc/aliases contains: *@domain.com: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. A catch all at the end of the director chain (after localuser): catch_all: driver = smartuser domains= domain.com new_address= [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
