OK next dumb question, what's the difference between root and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your conclusion is that they are different but I don't understand how. Aren't they both local? If this is the case, they should both be redirected by the second router which will cause a lookup in /etc/aliases. What puzzles me is that once postmaster is translated to root there is then no translation from root to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which I believe there should be as once redirection has occurred, the message returns to the start of the routing process and a new alias file lookup should translate it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If there's any confusion, exim and the sending application (currently mutt) are on the same machine. This is why I'm struggling to tell the difference between root and [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 7:56 PM To: exim-users @ exim. org Subject: Re: [exim] router setup problems Mike Hansford wrote: > I'm running exim4 and have a exim.conf file. I need exim to redirect mail > for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I have 2 routers set up, pretty much just following the example.conf. The > first determines non-local addresses and palms them off to smtp. My second > router does a /etc/aliases lookup which has entries like this: > > > > postmaster = root > > root = [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I get nothing but bounce messages stating that my messages are unroutable. > If I send a message to postmaster, it is redirected to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If I send to root it is redirected to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No matter if I send > to postmaster, root or [EMAIL PROTECTED] all messages bounce. Where might I have > gone wrong here? Decide whether you're dealing with "root" or "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", and code appropriately. Test with "exim -bt", and if that's not detailed enough, with various combinations of "exim -d-all+foo -bh bar". - Jeremy -- ## 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/
