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diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index 8206b5147..fc59759fa 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -211,35 +211,29 @@ address, whose default value is # We use this for envelope from for some messages where we don't care about delivery do-not-reply-to-this-address: :blackhole: -If you want to make use of the automatic bounce-message handling, then set the -[`TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#track_sender_email) -address to be filtered through -`script/handle-mail-replies`. Messages that are not bounces or -out-of-office autoreplies will be forwarded to -[`FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#forward_nonbounce_responses_to). -For example, you could add the following to `config/aliases`: +#### Filter incoming messages to admin addresses - real_team: [a list of people on the team] - team: |/var/www/alaveteli/script/handle-mail-replies +As described in ['Other mail']({{site.baseurl}}docs/installing/email#other-mail) you can make use of the script that filters mail to [`TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL`]({{site.baseurl}}docs/customising/config/#track_sender_email) and [`CONTACT_EMAIL`]({{site.baseurl}}docs/customising/config/#contact_email) for bounce messages before delivering it to your admin team. +To do this, for a `general.yml` file +that sets those addresses to `user-support@example.com` and +[`FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO`]({{site.baseurl}}docs/customising/config/#forward_nonbounce_responses_to) to +`team@example.com`, update the `user-support` line in `/var/www/alaveteli/config/aliases`: -In your Alaveteli `config/general.yml` file you would have (replacing `example.com` with your domain): + user-support: |/var/www/alaveteli/script/handle-mail-replies - FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO: 'real_team@example.com' +#### Making the changes live in exim -Finally, make sure you have `dc_use_split_config='true'` in -`/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf` so that exim uses the files in `/etc/exim4/conf.d` to configure itself, and execute the command -`update-exim4.conf`. +Finally, execute the command: + + update-exim4.conf + service exim4 restart Note that if the file `/etc/exim4/exim4.conf` exists then `update-exim4.conf` will silently do nothing. Some distributions include this file. If -yours does, you will need to rename it before running `update-exim4.conf`. - -(You may also want to set `dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'`, -`dc_local_interfaces='0.0.0.0 ; ::1'`, and -`dc_other_hostnames='example.com'` - using your domain name, not `example.com`). +yours does, you will need to remove or rename it before running `update-exim4.conf`. -### Troubleshooting (exim) +#### Troubleshooting (exim) To test mail delivery, as a privileged user run: |