Re: Sarge/Exim4: Precedence of /etc/aliases?

[Steve Block <scblock@fornost.com>]

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.

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Steve Block
scblock@ev-15.com