[cobalt-users] Re: SMTP rejected users

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From: "Rickard Osser" <ricky@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: SMTP rejected users



On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Jim Euliano wrote:

> 
> I have a single Raq2 which is used for only one domain.  It will always and
> forever only be used for one domain.  All the users in that domain are used
> to typing emails without using the @domain.com ending.  
> 
> For example, to send an email to user1... you would just email to user1,
> not user1@xxxxxxxxxxx  This works fine on the Raq except for a few users
> who have email addresses which don't exactly match up with their login
> names.  If my user name is user1... and I have a mail alias for accounting,
> then you can send mail to "user1" but you can not send mail to "accounting".
> 
> The SMTP server in the raq will respond with a "user is not recognized"
> error... even though the virtual user table is set up to send all mail for
> accounting to user1 (set up through the web interface using a mail alias).
> 
> Any suggestions on how to get it to recognize the local user even though it
> is a virtual user instead of a regular user name.
> 
> Jim
> 
> PS: If the only way is to hack the Raq (ie: not use the web interface), I'm
> all for that... I hate the web interface anyways!!
> 
You should put aliases into the /etc/aliases file not the
/etc/virtusertable which the WUI uses for virtual aliases,
those need the domain name to get recognized.

So, hack away in the shell...
Don't forget to do a "/usr/sbin/sendmail -bi" after changing the aliases
file!

Best regards,

Rickard Osser
Manager
Osser Brosoft AB Distributor of Cobalt Networks servers
Maria Bangata 6 Computer Consultants
S-118 63 Stockholm, Sweden Networking, DOS/Win/Mac/Linux/Unix
Tel: +46-8-798 29 27 E-mail: ricky@xxxxxxxx
Fax: +46-8-668 89 10 WWW: http://www.brosoft.net



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