On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 10:10:31AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have a stock Debian Sarge install for which I am trying to setup exim 4.50. > > However, things are not behaving as expected. > > In /etc/aliases I have: > > root: me > me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On the box, I have run "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config", selecting: > > * Split configuration into small files: "No" > * General type of mail configuration: "internet site; mail > is sent and received directly using SMTP" > * System mail name: "mydomain.com" > * IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections: > "127.0.0.1" > * Other destinations for which mail is accepted: "" > * Domains to relay mail for: "" > * Machines to relay mail for: "" > * Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand):"Yes" > > Basically, I want the box to deliver mail directly. I want all mail for local > accounts to arrive at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > However, when I run "mail root" on the box, exim decides the mail is for > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", rather than [EMAIL PROTECTED] (as I have specified in > aliases). > > I suspect this has something to do with the precedence/priority of the > aliases file? > > Any pointers would be appreciated.
Not a pointer, but if I have "root: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" in my /etc/aliases file and run: echo Test email|mail root -s "Test email" it goes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I'm using Debian with Exim4. Have you changed the /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file at all? > I appreciate that this is Debian centric question, but I suspect the Debian > Exim gurus hang-out here. They hang out on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven. -- .''`. : :' : `. `'` `- -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
