On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:27:30AM +0100, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote:
> Hallo Brian!
>
> Am Don, 01 Feb 2001, schrieb Brian Potkin:
>
> > In /etc/mgetty/new_fax I have the line
> >
> > USER="postmaster"
>
> I have no USER in new_fax. Maybe I am using another new_fax-script. I
> have an ADMIN set to POSTMASTER. Postmasters mail is sent to root, and
> roots mail is sent to me.
Debian's default new_fax is written by Ed Doolittle but which one you
are using shouldn't matter provided it is executable and the permissions
are correct.
> > In the DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION section of /etc/exim.conf I have
> >
> > system_aliases:
> > driver = aliasfile
> > file_transport = address_file
> > pipe_transport = address_pipe
> > file = /etc/aliases
> > search_type = lsearch*
> ^
>
> I do not have an asterix there. What does it mean?
>From /usr/share/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz:
If '*' is added to a single-key lookup type (for example,
lsearch*), then if the initial lookup fails, the key '*'
is looked up in the file to provide a default value.
So an entry such as `*: jan' in /etc/aliases would deliver mail not
addressed to postmaster or root to user jan. It's not needed and
leaving it out shouldn't affect your fax delivery.
Brian.
