[Gllug] Getting exim to recognise domains in /etc/aliases

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Wed Jan 5 10:24:20 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:16:52AM +0000, Doug Winter wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
> >system_aliases:
> >  driver = aliasfile
> >  file_transport = address_file
> >  pipe_transport = address_pipe
> >  file = /etc/aliases
> >  search_type = lsearch
> 
> It looks like you are using exim 3.  If that is the case, from memory, 
> change the search_type to lsearch*@.
> 
> It will then expect every entry to have a domain though, I think, which 
> isn't ideal for the system aliases file (because it contains stuff like 
> "root").
> 
> I'd suggest creating a new alias file stuff-with-domains, and adding a 
> new router for it.

Thanks - seems to work!

Rich.

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