Re: Sarge/Exim4: Precedence of /etc/aliases?
On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 10:29:30AM -0500, Steve Block wrote:
> On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 10:13:38AM +0000, dev.random@ntlworld.com wrote:
> >I have a stock Sarge install for which I am trying to setup exim4.
> >
> >However, things are not behaving as expected.
> >
> >In /etc/aliases I have:
> >
> > root: me
> > me: me@yahoo.com
> >
> >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 me@yahoo.com.
> >
> >However, when I run "mail root" on the box, exim decides the mail is for
> >"root@mydomain.com", rather than me@yahoo.com (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,
>
> Maybe this is stupid to say, but did you run newaliases after editing
> your aliases file?
>
> This is just a guess, I'm a postfix user and have no idea how exim
> handles things.
I don't think that's necessary, but stopping and restarting the
exim daemon after making the changes to /etc/aliases would be.
--
David Jardine
"Running Debian GNU/Linux and
loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)
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