Re: [cobalt-users] catch all address

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:56 PM 2/15/00 -0600, you wrote:

> On the RaQ3, it doesn't work.  If you put "@domain.com", the mail
> bounces.  If you put "@host.domain.com", that account seems to get _all_
> mail for that domain.

The RaQ3 is pretty standard Red Hat Linux.  And runs sendmail.  Which 
certainly knows how to use virtusertable.

So any problem in a RaQ3 is most likely in how their interface writes the 
virtusertable.

> Also, it appears that on a RaQ2, if you have a catch-all for domain1.com
> and a user blah in anouther domain on the RaQ2 (domain2.com) on the same
> RaQ2, then mail to blah@xxxxxxxxxxx goes to the blah@xxxxxxxxxxx user
> instead of the catch-all for domain1.com.  So, you should not rely on a
> catch-all to get extra email addresses (like "info" or "webmaster"); you
> should set those up explicitly.

I've never tried this on any RaQ, but again, it's standard Linux.  On my 
Intel Linux boxes I have a user named "Jeff" that gets its mail on the RaQ 
(never gets read on any of my desktop systems).  Yet 
<jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> set up with virtusertable, gets into the right 
mailbox and ends up on my desktop system.

So again, this might be a problem with the gui interface.

However, that said, I don't like to set up real names as users on any linux 
box; I like to set up "coded" names.  IE:  c1000304 is the 304th mailbox 
set up on box c1.  True, people have to set up their email client that way, 
but it's a one-time job, and no one's left me for it yet.

The good news is that people who want 
verylongnameovereightcharacters@xxxxxxxxxx have exactly the same set up 
8chrname@xxxxxxxxxxx

Jeff

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>