Re: Exim re-writing help

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 30 Sep, David Kanter wrote about "Exim re-writing help"
> I would like to rewrite my address with exim. (I only send outgoing mail to the Internet; no local mail.) I've read the documentation, but am still a bit confused on exactly how to set up the re-write. I would like david@milwaukee (i.e., user@hostname) to be re-written to pcr387@hecky.acns.nwu.edu (either that or djkanter@nwu.edu, which is easier to read).
> 
>>From what I've read, I should do something like:
> 
> *@@     $1@$2     then all the flags

This would just give the same address as you started. 

> 
> But where should I put the $0, $1, and $2 re-write definitions? I'm assuming:
> 
> $0=david@milwaukee
> $1=pcr387
> $2=hecky.acns.nwu.edu
> 

No you can't define these.  They coorespond the the components of the
address coming in.

> But the documentation (Exim manual) implies that:
> 
> $0=david@milwaukee
> $1=david
> $2=milwaukee
> 
> ...so I'm confused as to which is right. 

This one is right.

>                                        How close am I to doing this correctly?
> 

I would just do this.

david@*		djkanter@nwu.edu	Ffsr

I put this rule in my exim.conf to test and this is the result.
 
# exim -brw david@milwaukee
  sender: djkanter@nwu.edu
    from: djkanter@nwu.edu
      to: david@milwaukee
      cc: david@milwaukee
     bcc: david@milwaukee
reply-to: djkanter@nwu.edu
env-from: djkanter@nwu.edu
  env-to: david@milwaukee

So outbound addresses are rewritten and inbound ones are left alone.

I also set the primary_hostname to my dynamic dns name so that the
Message-Id gets set properly(look in the header of this mail).

HTH,
-- 
Brian 
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