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diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index 23889dcbd..92980f7bb 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ Setting `extract_addresses_remove_arguments` to `false` gets exim to treat the ` #### Pipe incoming mail for requests from Exim to Alaveteli -Create `/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/04_alaveteli`: +In this section, we'll add config to pipe incoming mail for special +Alaveteli addresses into Alaveteli, and also send them to a local backup +mailbox, just in case. Create the `backupfoi` UNIX user, and then create `/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/04_alaveteli`: cat > /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/04_alaveteli <<'EOF' alaveteli_request: @@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ in your config at `config/general.yml` to "foi+", create `config/aliases` with t command: cat > /var/www/alaveteli/config/aliases <<'EOF' - ^foi\\+.*: |/var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin + ^foi\\+.*: "|/var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin", backupfoi EOF That's assuming that Alaveteli is running from `/var/www/alaveteli`. If it isn't, substitute the path it is running from. @@ -246,10 +248,21 @@ see something like: R: alaveteli for foi+request-1234@example.com foi+request-1234@example.com -> |/var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin transport = alaveteli_mailin_transport + R: alaveteli for backupfoi@your.machine.name + R: system_aliases for backupfoi@your.machine.name + R: userforward for backupfoi@your.machine.name + R: procmail for backupfoi@your.machine.name + R: maildrop for backupfoi@your.machine.name + R: lowuid_aliases for backupfoi@your.machine.name (UID 1001) + R: local_user for backupfoi@your.machine.name + backupfoi@your.machine.name + <-- foi+request-1234@example.com + router = local_user, transport = mail_spool This tells you that the routing part (making emails to -`foi\+.*@example.com` be forwarded to Alaveteli's `mailin` script) is -working. You can test bounce message routing in the same way: +`foi\+.*@example.com` be forwarded to Alaveteli's `mailin` script, and +also sent to the local backup account) is working. You can test bounce +message routing in the same way: exim4 -bt user-support@example.com R: alaveteli for user-support@example.com |