Bug#297841: exim4-config: Local rewrite stopped working after upgrade in sarge

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2005-03-03 daniel <bonniot@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Package: exim4-config
> Version: 4.44-2
> Severity: normal

> After the recent upgrade in testing, exim started to try to deliver 
> mail sent to local users though the smart host instead of doing a local 
> delivery to /var/spool/mail as it used to. I tried to see why in 
> the changelog, but failed. I don't think the NEWS message applies, since 
> it's about rewriting From addresses, not routing (and anyway I use 
> /etc/email-addresses, and that works fine).

> I'm in no way expert in exim configuration, so maybe there's something 
> wrong in my config (made with dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config). In any 
> case, this is confusing, and a potential problem for sarge upgrades.

[...]
> dc_eximconfig_configtype='satellite'
> dc_other_hostnames='blanche'
> dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1:10.0.0.2'
> dc_readhost='blanche'
> dc_relay_domains=''
> dc_minimaldns='false'
> dc_relay_nets=''
> dc_smarthost='mail.axelero.hu'

> CFILEMODE='644'
> dc_use_split_config='true'
> dc_hide_mailname='true'
> dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
> mailname:blanche
[...]

Hello,
Yes, that is caused by

    - Make exim work correctly if dc_readhost ("visible, rewritten domain name
      for local users") ends up as part of local_domain, which happens if
      the same value is chosen for mailname and dc_readhost. This
      implemented by new router, hub_user_smarthost. Previously users were
      required to use something different (my.invalid.domain) for mailname.

and I actually consider this to be a correct change, fixing a bug. If
I select "no local mail" I actually don't want local delivery.
                    cu andreas
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