[Pkg-exim4-users] Exim/MySQL not picking up new config

[Brian Rose]

> A possible way to debug would be to watch exim delivering a message to
> one of the offending addresses, like
>
> echo "test" | exim -d <some address>

Thank you! With this, I was able to look at exactly how Exim was  
behaving and figured out my problem.

I appreciate the help! Thanks again!


Brian 'Heimidal' Rose
brian at heimidal.net
http://www.heimidal.net


On Dec 14, 2005, at 9:48 AM, Marc Haber wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:32:43AM -0700, Brian Rose wrote:
>> I opened the my_mailboxes transport and I believe I have found the
>> offending line:
>>
>> directory = ${lookup mysql{SELECT folder FROM mail_folders WHERE us
>> er = CONCAT('$local_part', '@', '$domain') AND suffix='$header_X-
>> Local-Part-Suff
>> ix:';}{$value}{/var/mail/$domain/$local_part/Maildir}}
>>
>> Therefore, I just want to clarify before I do anything that could
>> break Exim for all users:
>>
>> If I'm reading the line correctly, it selects the result from SQL and
>> sets directory to it if it is available, otherwise it sets it to "/
>> var/mail/$domain/$local_part/Maildir". Correct?
>
> Sorry, I don't have a clue about using MySQL with exim.
>
> A possible way to debug would be to watch exim delivering a message to
> one of the offending addresses, like
>
> echo "test" | exim -d <some address>
>
> This will actually deliver a message, and print verbose output about
> what exim does. This probably includes the queries that are actually
> sent to the database, its return, and the setting of delivery
> parameters.
>
> Maybe, you can interpret the output yourself, otherwise, quote it here
> or on paste.debian.net and let me try to make something of it.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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