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Mercury 4.80 - alias/filter: problems

Yes.

Usage:  MALIAS.EXE <source_file_name> <alias_file_name>

&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Usage:&amp;nbsp; MALIAS.EXE &amp;lt;source_file_name&amp;gt; &amp;lt;alias_file_name&amp;gt; &lt;/p&gt;

I changed to Mercury 4.80 on Jan 29 of this year. Since changing, I am having intermittent issues with aliases going to Filter:  These aliases have been working for the past 3 years without issue.  

The aliases that are failing have a couple of common attributes: 1. they all start with vm_, and 2. they all use Filter: Some aliases setup with vm_*@mydomain.com have been working without issue, and others are failing intermittently.

For example, vm_absence@mydomain.com is set to "Filter:C:\Mercury\Filters\vmabs.RUL" (without quotes). Today, when sending to that alias, the message fails and Mercury shows:

    * Recipient vm_absence@mydomain.com unknown

(In the examples, I'm not using my real alias names and domain names, for obvious reasons...) 

Some of these aliases were "fixed" by deleting the alias and re-creating them. I did that with this alias 2 days ago. It was working yesterday, and it failed again this morning. I was able to make this one work (for now, anyway); I changed the alias name to vmabsence@mydomain.com and created a second alias for vm_absence@mydomain.com pointing to vmabsence@mydomain.com.

Any ideas why the erratic alias/Filter: behavior in 4.80?  

 Tony

&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;I changed to Mercury 4.80 on Jan 29 of this year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;Since changing, I am having intermittent issues with aliases going to Filter: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;These aliases have been working for the past 3 years without issue. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;The aliases that are failing have a couple of common attributes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;1. they all start with vm_, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;2. they all use Filter:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;Some aliases setup with vm_*@mydomain.com have been working without issue, and others are failing intermittently.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;For example, vm_absence@mydomain.com is set to &quot;Filter:C:\Mercury\Filters\vmabs.RUL&quot; (without quotes). Today, when sending to that alias, the message fails and Mercury shows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; * Recipient&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;vm_absence&lt;/span&gt;@&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;mydomain.com&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;unknown&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;(In the examples, I&#039;m not using my real alias names and domain names, for obvious reasons...)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;Some of these aliases were &quot;fixed&quot; by deleting the alias and re-creating them. I did that with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;this alias 2 days ago. It was working yesterday, and it failed again this morning.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;I was able to make this one work (for now, anyway); I changed the alias name to vmabsence@mydomain.com and created a second alias for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;vm_absence@mydomain.com pointing to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;vmabsence@mydomain.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;Any ideas why the erratic alias/Filter: behavior in 4.80? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 13.3333px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tony&lt;/p&gt;

Hi!

I had same type of problem with aliases. it has something to do with uppercase and lowercase strings, and how to Mercury handles them. You should ask new malias.exe from David Harris. Or even better, it should upload here.

Regards

Jyrki 

&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;I had same type of problem with aliases. it has something to do with uppercase and lowercase strings, and how to Mercury handles them. You should ask new malias.exe from David Harris. Or even better, it should upload here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Jyrki&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

The revised version of malias.exe is now available here: http://community.pmail.com/files/folders/utils/entry45473.aspx

 

&lt;p&gt;The revised version of malias.exe is now available here:&amp;nbsp;http://community.pmail.com/files/folders/utils/entry45473.aspx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

I guessed that the new malias.exe is supposed to be copied over the old malias in c:\mercury.  I did that but after editing the alias in Mercury's alias editor, it still fails.  

It did seem to work when I exported the aliases and ran malias from the command line: 

cd \mercury

malias alias.src mercury\alias.mer

Is that how it has to be done now?

 Tony

 

&lt;p&gt;I guessed that the new malias.exe is supposed to be copied over the old malias in c:\mercury. &amp;nbsp;I did that but after editing the alias in Mercury&#039;s alias editor, it still fails. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It did seem to work when I exported the aliases and ran malias from the command line:&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;cd \mercury malias alias.src mercury\alias.mer&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Is that how it has to be done now?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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