Re: [cobalt-users] raq3 catch-all alias problems

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Duncan...

Did you ever re-find this; it wasn't on your ftp site the last time I
looked.

Thanks.

Jeff

Duncan Laurie wrote:
> 
> Chris Adams wrote:
> >
> > The way Cobalt sets things up, virtual users are always setup only for
> > @host.domain.com, not plain @domain.com.  If you check the "Accept email
> > for domain" box, then a special entry like:
> >
> > @domain.com %1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > is setup (this is the kind of entry that matches rule 4 above).  So, the
> > rules get run twice: the first time turns user@xxxxxxxxxx to
> > user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, and then user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gets checked.
> >
> 
> You are correct.  I'm not sure what I was confusing to come up with what I
> did... the initial work I did with the raq1 used the plain-text
> virtusertable, which sendmail converts to table format on load if no map is
> specified.  And its been since then that i've looked into virtual domains on
> sendmail, something like 8.8.8... This is excactly what I get for thinking I
> can come up with anything substantial at 5am.
> 
> My setup that I was testing with last night was working simply because I was
> adding the specific user->user aliases, not realizing (in a haze maybe?) the
> effect that was having.  Thanks for pointing this out; I should have second
> guessed myself and done more research...  ;)
> 
> > On a RaQ3, this is no longer true.  Users _don't_ get the alias anymore,
> > so if somebody sends to user@xxxxxxxxxx, rules 1, 2, and 3, don't match,
> > and then rule 4 matches the catch-all.
> >
> 
> Right again.  This is what the patch should fix, and what the current
> version does.  The alias is transparent to the user: doesn't show up in ui
> screens, but doesn't need to be explicitly added.  You just need to hit save
> on all the email screens for all the current users to get the alias.  (which
> isn't very nice... oh well)  It also requires the catch-all to have the same
> domain as the virtual site.  (rather than the fully qualified domain name,
> cause that was too restrictive for most people)  The version in my dir on
> ftp.cobaltnet.com (raq3-catchall-2.patch.bz2) clears up the confusion.
> 
> > Now, one other thing (and this is true for all RaQ products): since
> > there is not an explicit
> >
> > @host.domain.com error:nouser User unknown
> 
> Yep, this one is planned for the next OS update.. At least now catch-alls
> can work, giving an effective workaround.  Thanks for clarifying my sendmail
> memory... I think I'll leave that whole bag-o-tricks to someone who at least
> has the infamous bat book (or maybe an m4 programmer?).
> 
> -duncan
> 
> p.s. if anyone wants to install the version that does user->user aliases,
> you can remove the old patch first and this will install clean:
> 
> bunzip2 -dc raq3-catchall.patch.bz2 | patch -p0 -R
> bunzip2 -dc raq3-catchall-2.patch.bz2 | patch -p0
> 
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