On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 06:38:34PM -0400, Giulio Morgan wrote: > I can't make my exim rewrite line work...on a dial-up machine, no domain > > Here are what I think are the pertinent parts of my exim.conf > > qualify_domain = SanMarco > > # qualify_recipient = > > local_domains = localhost:SanMarco > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\ ^^^^^ should be your hostname + local domain > {$value}fail} bcfrF > > >From /etc/email-addresses > giulio: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^^^ this should be your username
> > I know this is a problem which has been asked many times before, but after two > frustrating days...I'm sorry for one more time > > Thank you very much for any help My computer's hostname = scab domain = nixnotes.org user name = kent email address I want = [EMAIL PROTECTED] So I have the following - /etc/email-addresses kent: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/exim.conf qualify_domain = scab.nixnotes.org local_domains = localhost:scab.nixnotes.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\ {$value}fail} bcfrF Make sure you restart exim - # /etc/init.d/exim reload hth, kent -- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein