On Qua, 30 Set 2009, Richard Otte wrote:
I tried using a .forward file contining: :fail: but then I get the error message: R=userforward defer (-17): error in redirect file: ":fail:" is not permitted Any thoughts? I'm using exim 4.69-9 in Lenny.
Yes, for :fail: to be allowed in ~/.forward one needs the allow_fail=true option in the appropriate router, see http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch22.html#SECID130
The same can be achieved by putting user: :fail:in /etc/aliases, but I'm not sure if the option is needed or not in that case too.
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