Tim Sailer wrote: > I know there are a few of you Debian users running exim for a MTA. > I need some help in getting virtual domains running the way I want. > What do I need to do to make the following alias file work? > > info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I set up the virtual stuff right out of the manual, but the mail > dies with 'too many hops'..
Since the way in the manual didn't seem to address the particular needs of our site, I made up my own setup. Amongst other things it has an alias file per virtual domain and easily supports multidrop mailboxes which is what we needed. You are welcome to this setup if you wish. It currently uses procmail to deliver mail, but it can be easily changed to not use procmail if you wish. I also run exim as a daemon instead of out of inetd.conf. (Just edit /etc/init.d/exim to change this) In the following files, just change "YOUR.DOMAIN" in /etc/exim.conf to the real domain of your computer (what domain you want outgoing mail to come from) and then just edit /etc/mail/domains. For every domain you add to this file, make sure there is an alias file in /etc/mail/aliases of the same name as the domain. Make sure the alias file is readable by the userid under which exim runs. I hope this helps! Behan -- Behan Webster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-613-224-7547 http://www.verisim.com/ begin 640 exim-conf.tgz M'XL(``=2CS,``^U:>V_B2!+/O_A3E`+2)B,&,`%R2R;1Y";,*-)-LB*,5JN; M7;;!#;36=OO:)@E"?/>K:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@C:U?9/1.#N>G37HQ_E\&A8/7AE0*-V [EMAIL PROTECTED]'4WPEJ`*V3QDFK63NMGV"O7:N='D#SM0=&F(814P`' M`SYA_L-VNGNN1"B\?0QIG^#H?_XHO,I0^J-7TH'>;#5JB;_7O\&NM9JGZ_YO M-EL'4'NE\>20^E])&3U']ZW^ORB*5A%Z$Q$"?J()!X\)'R@@@`)"C*>*14+Z M,!(NKR#M=00/+`2IQ%CXS'5G,.8^1R+NP&`&OQ-KS/E#&0*F(I`C+5C+#-CP M#S;F*,<18:3$8$I\#R*:P!4?".:CBG1`I'&KGI4:8!'\C(T?^0#J+;!/VOAI MV-"YZX']XX^G6N!GZ8B1B%G_28F.+(,[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Q7G_/I`#^8A)X%U`)&'`8W5B MJ%5/[EMAIL PROTECTED])2"&<H0`/?*D\3215/)%[H:(I<\&19,N09F3I07Q`16,. MA[_<?NE6KFX_7U[?')*RF9RJA)J(_X/,8C3KQRUP#AEZRY4XHJ0KQ#[]/)%A MU'9#SM1P<E:EC,9NMYI067FFOO"'[M3A?>)""9&:\F<H^JY`,S$W3$E]CBMA M'RVBJ(FRPL)V-(6S;"3MUI@/9=@/6(3L-(O?CO[]6[G]ZYOCI,=G'L?FDFUQ M_YZ[,N#]2/[EMAIL PROTECTED]<5!OQ1QKS83=I;\-7:[6+E.9B!`X? MM4/N$_5HZFK;P'RDI(?=:^V+9[F%PWUD/5JRZ8;%\6+QU?\:+;*L\RV\>;4Q M/RP0668,R=(\4,)C:J9-3I;9,K2E/0(E(SF4+LQUS)7F3WI02T[&48<2L#1' M[X68T'[EMAIL PROTECTED]"Q-,>H#S#9TJ9CFE^653C([EMAIL PROTECTED]/TG8/! [EMAIL PROTECTED]<''VYO/EY_^M*][%W?WFPFAN*N1I/F!'?1K&K61GLX [EMAIL PROTECTED](G3`G6&S6,EIT$2]F5\]J1#$5QKM6KTJ->Q<ZC>,U4-`RG=.#M+ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:F]'XB`YY11`ZG)[EMAIL PROTECTED]'!*-CO.8[U!&5*>[EMAIL PROTECTED] M6D;'(7%0BJ89:B4K53]EV:5:^<<TF)?B%:7M3=U(.$H&BV25FC]9I1;STCUS MIQR_,V/.#?K_$TNM"S0TSD%A*&^S\[*?W+;5Z4LJQ0-W+3:FD=2M2&5!$3[I M;<M=WTYQM[C[W/L)TOBR0B\*<[EMAIL PROTECTED]'%?A6/DS0;C!31E?EU\>II$7Y&.S M$@>+'L;W!B=%R!`WZHN+6`&)K."/IS&YAP7EZKK;^="[[>Y[00EP;?<8G3K( MA"L+TY:YZBOG?.P*%J8N3CU$,:X[>$C$<>CWHUE`O4DFK));4VJ?K0X-VXX* MW]3])`63<;PD`5=="5,U$;)8;)_&,CI</"[EMAIL PROTECTED]>J8G9*S)=^);FBT2FN MK+M7J81F)D&Z.5+,QX58Z=//*KETGR_['J;OV<I^VD_?8[^,TKS.]647E<5G MR7YBF/9N0F#-=O2`R\X#4WH=P9F2O4:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:293(1-&*6K#8L<D8]E M7X1G`0O#!Z<RF-%A)JM`DVZR2FX#/$NV7R)[EMAIL PROTECTED]>N(SL M<B&QTBL2KNATA]%?(5TEZ/@<<:!3)-[1R&1ZDYF&PL>+$ES=W$&<P/JJ0M<P M/F*XBX(,:%O"RXH5]^LK1=[P:?.ZY9-]*KDGY)A$D+1NX=F'CSJ][B\O]-`N M?52$J_C^ED='*=SYDZ%QO`'S$$G?:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>6]6;SN+/-'\OU2=EN>F?P MJ6RW)OJITCS#]H93_L=D3U;_N7O=Z^P_,[EMAIL PROTECTED],^G?'A0([EMAIL PROTECTED],^%".\ MS^LX!W1,1!F4QO^F8@<*N\.K^9!#<HLM%+IXL&-#[N%%KH#XZ++QRG\I"H7< M0_*(XMZ\?U/0R!QQWR>;8*'0T\/OX(E)CJ"SN0)C[;S^L]S"=BYY!5W_;6ZK M_\4/:?WOY+1))<%FL[;G^N_?M/[WY%#V"CK2^O]+_-^HD__K=LOX?R]XXG_^ MR+S`Y2<[U/%\_1_1J*_\;V,LV">M1M/4__>!(ER2X^.3/E4EV%H!>_=;CL&? M"-ORW]ZACO\E_VLG2?[;)O_W`9/_?V^LE[!>0\<W\M^V3^N9\W^#SG]X`#3Y MOP\4X5]T%UU_:ZU?6-_I._,,F`_)[I!=)I+WT_K]XV'2?_Z."*CF=W%(_RUP MA+?QY1U[NPR\B#^M#K^+._6+XHOC['[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)'OS08R,=-0UH2G;[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[I [EMAIL PROTECTED]'7F$<AA.R>.X#KX18E*(#^F4$75M.=TDI_4.&Y75CI71*\ MAMIZ!:C6\=2J6>%B6>E`"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%/[EMAIL PROTECTED](WSZ*>:CJO MDH3TG%!/_;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:12BH<WTK2>\6I,+L*P8&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]& @[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&!@;?A?\"6^NOY0!0```` ` end -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .