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exim howto newbie ?



> hi to all that are able to shed some light with this problem i am having.
> 
> i have 3 domains on my system
> 
> dom-one.com
> dom-two.com
> dom-three.com
> 
> and 3 users on my system
> 
> userA
> userB
> userC
> 
> * at this point in time, exim is a fresh install on the system. i have
> been through the eximconfig and entered relevent details for my
> network and local domains hosted on this box etc etc.
> 
> from my interpretation of the docs, i assign email addresses to these
> users by the following entries in the /etc/aliases file, specifically
> 
> userA@dom-one.com
> userB@dom-two.com
> userC@dom-three.com
> 
> so far so good....when i send mail to :-
> 
> userA@dom-one.com
> userB@dom-two.com
> userC@dom-three.com
> 
> all 3 receives them
> 
> now....if i send emails to userA@dom-two.com or userB@dom-one.com, userA
> and userB receives this email where they SHOULDNT
> 
> my question is 
> 
> - why is that so ?
> - how do i stop that ?
> 
> my current sitiuation is ...i have read the docs/manual.... but none of
> it, from my interpretation of the content, tell me about my particular
> problem. in fact...most of the documentation are very technically
> detailed....and in most cases i am totally baffled....or lost ?!?
> 
> i appreciate the effort u put into sheding some light on this...
> 
> otherwise...if anyone could point out to where i can find some
> "tutorials/howtos" i would appreciate it....
> 
> the docs, despite its thorough and comprehensiveness, is still
> overwhelming and not IMHO a "howto/tutorial" so to speak. 
> 
> at this point in time , i have read all the manuals and looked at other
> examples posted on the net. 
> 
> i am quite eager to learn this on my own...but need some help with
> learning how to initially get pass exim's cryptic manuals and etc
> 
> thanks all for your help in advance...
> 
> regard
> chris g.
> 
> p.s. i have tried using a particular example from one of the debian-user
> post regarding "virtual domains" etc. to no avail....



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