Re: [cobalt-users] Help! raq3 catch all mailbox

[Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is is that you added the other users to the alias file and
not the virtusertable. Try to just to create users for the aliases and
have the mail forwarded through the gui in the e-mail preferences. Or
create a entry in the virtusertable for the aliases which assigns them a
domain.

Dan Bakstad wrote:

>  Dear cobalt users,
>
> Any help on this topic would be appreciated.  We've looked at probably
> a hundred posts on this subject for raq2, but can't seem to get
> there.  We don't know if there is possibly something different
> required on the raq3.
>
> We have just installed a raq3, and have an ip based domain (not
> switched with Internic yet, testing with ip number).  This client
> requires email addressed to a user without a mailbox or alias to be
> forwarded to his isp account.  So we have set up a user (savela), with
> forwarding to this isp account.  There are several other users also
> set up for this domain.  We are testing the email using sendmail from
> a simple form installed under this account on the raq.  The majority
> opinion in the posts is to add an alias to the user which is to become
> the catch-all mailbox - using "@www.domainname" as the alias.
>
> In our testing before setting up this alias, test email to each
> mailbox works fine.  Test email to mailboxes which have forwarding to
> another email address works.  Test email to users which have multiple
> forwarding addresses works (we had to update the /etc/aliases file per
> posts and all worked fine, seems like they should have put that in the
> GUI).  The user which will be the catch all (savela) has his mail
> forwarded to an isp account, and that works fine.  Problem:  when
> "@www.savela.com" or "@savela.com" is set up as an alias, ALL mail
> goes to savela, and to no one else.  So, although the catch-all is
> working, email to other users is not delivered to their mailboxes,
> only to the catch all savela.
>
> We have not manually updated the virtusertable.  Although some posts
> contained instructions on how to update the virtusertable, we have not
> done so.  There were differing instructions on when/how to run
> "make"?, and since we are newbies, were hesistant to get outside the
> browser interface in an area that we are not knowledgeable.  We
> updated the aliases table to handle forwarding to multiple email
> addresses for other users.
>
> Currently an alias of  "@www.savela.com"  is set up for user "savela",
> and pasted below are what we think are the relevant lines created in
> the virtusertable and aliases files.  At this point, email sent to any
> address at this domain is delivered only to my isp account (last line
> in the aliases file).
>
> /etc/virtusertable
>
> # This file is automatically generated
> # Please put custom changes at the end
> # Cobalt Networks 1998
>
> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> majordomo-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> owner-majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> resumes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> @www.savela.comsavela
>
> # accept-email-at-domain routes
> @savela.com%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> # Put custom additions below (Do not change/remove this line).
>
> /etc/aliases
>
> #
> #@(#)aliases8.2 (Berkeley) 3/5/94
> #
> #  Aliases in this file will NOT be expanded in the header from
> #  Mail, but WILL be visible over networks or from /bin/mail.
> #
> #>>>>>>>>>>The program "newaliases" must be run after
> #>> NOTE >>this file is updated for any changes to
> #>>>>>>>>>>show through to sendmail.
> #
>
> # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
> MAILER-DAEMON:postmaster
> postmaster:root
>
> # General redirections for pseudo accounts.
> (cut out a bunch of root redirection stuff here)
>
> thamilton:abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> infosavela:xyz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> resumesavela:xyz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> savela:dbakstad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thanks in advance if anyone can get us going in the right direction.
> Dan Bakstad
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