Faxes are not delivered by mgetty
Hi! On 10.01.2001 I upgraded mgetty with apt-get. Some days later I changed my provider and had to change exim.conf. Now I discovered that incoming faxes are not delivered to me as before. What are the apropriate variables in exim.conf and/or mgetty relating fax-delivery? Was there a change in the new mgetty-package. I am running stable following security-fixes and proposed-updates. TIA Ciao! juh -- Muss ich, oder läuft die EXPO auch ohne mich? http://www.sudelbuch.de/2000/2531.html
Re: Faxes are not delivered by mgetty
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:44:35AM +0100, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > Hi! > > On 10.01.2001 I upgraded mgetty with apt-get. Some days later I > changed my provider and had to change exim.conf. Now I discovered that > incoming faxes are not delivered to me as before. What are the > apropriate variables in exim.conf and/or mgetty relating fax-delivery? > Was there a change in the new mgetty-package. > > I am running stable following security-fixes and proposed-updates. In /etc/mgetty/new_fax I have the line USER="postmaster" so faxes are mailed to that user. In the DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION section of /etc/exim.conf I have system_aliases: driver = aliasfile file_transport = address_file pipe_transport = address_pipe file = /etc/aliases search_type = lsearch* and in /etc/aliases postmaster: brian It is unlikely that upgrading mgetty-fax touches new_fax without your consent and the only recent change to mgetty has been an NMU security fix. Considering you've altered it, exim.conf appears to be a likely place to look. Brian -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Faxes are not delivered by mgetty
Hallo Brian! Am Don, 01 Feb 2001, schrieb Brian Potkin: > In /etc/mgetty/new_fax I have the line > > USER="postmaster" I have no USER in new_fax. Maybe I am using another new_fax-script. I have an ADMIN set to POSTMASTER. Postmasters mail is sent to root, and roots mail is sent to me. > In the DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION section of /etc/exim.conf I have > > system_aliases: > driver = aliasfile > file_transport = address_file > pipe_transport = address_pipe > file = /etc/aliases > search_type = lsearch* ^ I do not have an asterix there. What does it mean? Ciao! juh -- Es lebe die 43 Stundenwoche! http://www.sudelbuch.de/1999/19991122.html
Re: Faxes are not delivered by mgetty
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:27:30AM +0100, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > Hallo Brian! > > Am Don, 01 Feb 2001, schrieb Brian Potkin: > > > In /etc/mgetty/new_fax I have the line > > > > USER="postmaster" > > I have no USER in new_fax. Maybe I am using another new_fax-script. I > have an ADMIN set to POSTMASTER. Postmasters mail is sent to root, and > roots mail is sent to me. Debian's default new_fax is written by Ed Doolittle but which one you are using shouldn't matter provided it is executable and the permissions are correct. > > In the DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION section of /etc/exim.conf I have > > > > system_aliases: > > driver = aliasfile > > file_transport = address_file > > pipe_transport = address_pipe > > file = /etc/aliases > > search_type = lsearch* >^ > > I do not have an asterix there. What does it mean? >From /usr/share/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz: If '*' is added to a single-key lookup type (for example, lsearch*), then if the initial lookup fails, the key '*' is looked up in the file to provide a default value. So an entry such as `*: jan' in /etc/aliases would deliver mail not addressed to postmaster or root to user jan. It's not needed and leaving it out shouldn't affect your fax delivery. Brian.
