Tony Finch wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, W B Hacker wrote: > >>Is this a good idea :>) Categorically not, IMNSHO. > > > There is absolutely nothing wrong with aliases that refer to aliases.
'absolutely' - as an unqualified statement - is considerably stronger than 'categorically' and 'IMNSHO'. A situation where some but not all, lookups are recursively nested, and potentially to different depths, may be supportable in the code. But 'IMNSHO' represents an administrative, user-interface and user-education load that need not be taken on when many-to-one flat mapping delivers the same result with fewer machine resources and less risk of confusion. > > Marc is correct that the problem is caused by using $original_local_part > and $original_domain instead of $local_part and $domain. You almost never > want to use the original versions. > > Tony. Correct as far as the capability of the code. But just because a thing *can be done* in a certain manner does not necessarily make that the best course of action. Take canine grooming habits, for instance.. ;-) Bill -- ## 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/
