Bug#312667: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#312667: exim4 uses /etc/email-addresses to send, but not to recieve)

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 05:52:31PM +0100, Marcos D. Marado Torres wrote:
> Yes, I've noticed that now and had the problem solved, but...
> Shouldn't it be better if there was an option for that?

No. We cannot support all possible ways to configure the mail system,
we're satisfied if we cover 95 % of the wishes.

> Or better, why isn't
> 
> data = ${lookup{$local_part@$domain}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
> 
> the default, instead of
> 
> data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
> 
> ?

Because that would be a _big_ surprise to experienced people who
expect /etc/aliases to work the way it has always worked.

I would, however, additionally suggest that you copy the
system_aliases router and have your modified router access a file that
is not named /etc/aliases for the same reason.

Greetings
Marc

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