Re: [cobalt-users] postmaster@

[Jonas Pasche <jonas@xxxxxxxx>]

hi jeff,

> > Just curious how others handle this on the RAQ. Just got an email addressed
> > to postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Does anyone make sure that each domain has the alias postmaster?
>
> [...] Second, we give every account a catchall by default.  No one's ever said
> not to.
> Third, wouldn't it be easy to just redirect that mail to
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

yes, that would be easy. just add the catch-all to the site-adm of the site.

just to add some information: a postmaster-address hasn't (necessarily) 
something got to do with a catch-all address. it SHOULD be there on all 
systems and should be routed to a person which works on e-mail issues 
(maybe this is _not_ the site-adm?). let me quote from RFC 822:

     -----------------------------------------------------------------
     6.3.  RESERVED ADDRESS

          It often is necessary to send mail to a site, without  know-
     ing  any  of its valid addresses.  For example, there may be mail
     system dysfunctions, or a user may wish to find  out  a  person's
     correct address, at that site.

          This standard specifies a single, reserved  mailbox  address
     (local-part)  which  is  to  be valid at each site.  Mail sent to
     that address is to be routed to  a  person  responsible  for  the
     site's mail system or to a person with responsibility for general
     site operation.  The name of the reserved local-part address is:

                                Postmaster

     so that "Postmaster@domain" is required to be valid.

     Note:  This reserved local-part must be  matched  without  sensi-
            tivity to alphabetic case, so that "POSTMASTER", "postmas-
            ter", and even "poStmASteR" is to be accepted.
     -----------------------------------------------------------------

hope that helps.

cya, jonas


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