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

["Neil J. Kemp" <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeh I found this out this today as well (we just got a RaQ3!). The way I got
past it was when I was adding ALL users I added an alias to each one (of
their username) and voila no problems! But this is different from the RaQ2
so quite confusing!

--Neil

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-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dan Bakstad
Sent: 18 January 2000 22:31
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] Help! raq3 catch all mailbox


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx     infosavela
majordomo-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  majordomo_site5-owner
owner-majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  owner-majordomo_site5
resumes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  resumesavela
majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx        majordomo_site5
@www.savela.com savela

# accept-email-at-domain routes
@savela.com     %1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# Put custom additions below (Do not change/remove this line).

/etc/aliases

#
#       @(#)aliases     8.2 (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