Re: [cobalt-users] Email Alias Issue

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:52 PM 3/14/00 -0500, you wrote:

> I've posted the same problem and question to the list several times.
> I've tried aliasing @domain.com and @www.domain.com.  No luck.  I get an
> error in the GUI saying the address is illegal.  I also cannot get the
> forwarding to work from the GUI. I have to telnet in as Root and "VI"
> the etc/aliases file to get forwarding to work to an outside
> domain.(Thanks to Mark Spieth) Which works until you do an update with
> the GUI.  After you do an update you have to go back in and redo all the
> manual changes.

There's an easy fix for that at least.

Create a new file, /etc/aliases.local.  Change sendmail.cf, so it reads 
/etc/aliases.local (hint: search sendmail.cf for "aliases" [without the 
quotes]).  Restart sendmail.

Run:

# newaliases

every time you change aliases.local.

The gui will NOT overwrite aliases.local.

(Or hire someone like me to do all of this for you <wry grin>.)

Jeff

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