[Pkg-exim4-users] postfix -> exim with minimalist

Neil S. Briscoe
2007-09-17T12:31:49Z

Hi

If you look at the definition of your system_aliases router you will
probably find an ifdef statement that will then define a pipe transport.

All you need do is define the macro with a suitable value.

Regards
Neil

Eliteforce wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to switch from postfix to exim4 but i have problems with
> the mailing list manager I''m using (minimalist,
http://www.mml.org.ua).
> All I needed to do with postfix was to set up the /etc/aliases file
> (adding minimalist: "|/path/to/minimalist", list entries ..) and
> creating the list directory structure (nobody:nogroup, permissions 2775)
> and it just worked.
>
> But it looks like things are configured a little bit different
> with exim. Sending mails to pipe-aliases entries ends up in a log
> file entry which says that those pipe-aliases are deactivated and
> that the mail cannot be delivered.
>
>>From the README.Debian file (chapter 2.7):
>   Delivery to arbitrary files, directory or to pipes in the
>   /etc/aliases
>   file is dsabled by default in the Debian exim 4 packages.
>
> So it looks like I need to set up a router and enable VERP,
> but to be honest I don''t know very much about the configuration
> of exim, so i''d appreciate some help from guys who know what
> they are doing. :)
>
> cheers
>
>
>
>
>



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