Hi exim people<br><br>Im wanting to find out somethings about exim and as Im a total newb' I would appreciate someone helping me with my first problem ive encountered.<br><br><br>Ok Ive discovered how to set a catch all account (urgh i know) :
<br><br>I create a smartuser director in <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US">/etc/exim/exim.conf with the directives:</span></font><br><br><code><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">catchall:</span></font></code><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" lang="EN-US"><br><code><font face="Courier New">driver = smartuser
</font></code><br><code><font face="Courier New">new_address: <a href="mailto:webmaster@deltatraffic.co.uk">webmaster@deltatraffic.co.uk</a> <br><br>&<br></font></code></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';" lang="EN-US"><code><font face="Courier New"></font></code> </span></font><span lang="EN-US"></span><code><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">
/etc/init.d/exim
restart</span></font></code></p><p class="MsoNormal">from here: <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><a title="http://ccfaq.valar.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=156" href="http://ccfaq.valar.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=156">
http://ccfaq.valar.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=156</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><code><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">ok fine. now the thing I need to do is take a complex string as the alias so that only certain messages will get through matching the pattern.
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so for example:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:mytest*alex@deltatraffic.co.uk">mytest*alex@deltatraffic.co.uk
</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">and <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">
* <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">could be</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">
-167219382-</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">or any string.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">currently trawling through the FAQS for an answer
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many thanks !</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">
Best wishes</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">
Alex Beston<br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">
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