Configuring Local Part Subaddressing

[cyberstrider]

Newbie here so just wanted to confirm something before I try it.. do not wish to break a live service.

Using WHM 11.23.2 cPanel 11.23.6-R26866 on CENTOS Enterprise 5.2 i686

I'm looking at adding local-part suffix/subaddressing into our Exim config, via the 'Advanced Editor'

I have not used the Advanced editor before and if I add the necessary code for the subaddressing, which box shall I add this in, and if I get it wrong, how easy it is to remove it? I am looking at adding + i and . for local part suffixing.. anyone here done any of this - are there any examples of the necessary code that anyone can share? (Yes, I have read the EXIM config documentation, just wanted to ensure I was doing things right within WHM)

I am presuming that anything I add into the editable boxes in Advanced Editor will not over-write the rest of the exim config file?

 

[cyberstrider]

Anyone?

Someone must have done this...

-DB

 

[norelidd]

I would love to see this implemented in cPanel in an intelligent fashion, I posted a feature req a few years ago, but nothing happened

http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?t=65135

 

[cyberstrider]

So.. no one has done this via the Advanced Editor in cpanel?

Does this mean I should manually edit the exim.conf file? However does this not get overwritten by cpanel and I would have to keep an eye on the conf file and re-edit everytime it is re-wwritten?

That would be a pain with multiple cpanel servers... what do others here do?

-DB

 

[norelidd]

You can vote for the bug in bugzilla and maybe the devs will pay more attention to it.

 

[paulkoan]

Yes vote for the bug.

However, the change to exim.conf looks pretty straightforward, but the question still remains about what happens with a cpanel update?

Is there a way to get the

  local_part_suffix = +*
  local_part_suffix_optional

code to survive?

Cheers,

Paul

 

[blargman]

/etc/eximupdisable to disable exim updates and make sure you have backups I suppose. I'm interested in setting this up. Have you done it? can you post me a how to or anything?

 

[paulkoan]

I tried it and it didn't work - the emails just ended up at the default account.

If you follow the link above it will take you to the bug submission and details of how to set it up.

The short version is add the two lines above to localuser: and userforward: in exim.conf - but like I said, this didn't work for me.

 

[paulkoan]

It didn't work, but it *should* work, unless the router that is being used isn't the userforward: or localuser: router.

Has anyone managed to get this working?