Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ3i mail mixing

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Audin wrote:

> When I send an email to : user2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:user2@xxxxxxxxx>  it does
> work and the mail goes to user2 mailbox.
> 
> I would have expect an error : user unknown as this email is not defined !
> 
> Thanks for anybody who can explain me why this is possible !

You've gotten some good answers, but their wording confused me, so I
thought I'd try to confuse you more <smile>...

Each user on a linux computer is unique.

Sendmail isn't really domain aware, and if there's an user name on a
linux computer and you send mail to it at any domain, sendmail WILL send
it to that user.

The sendmail authors have "fixed" this with something called
"etc/virtusertable".

Unfortunately, the gui interface on the RaQ3 series doesn't properly
write "etc/virtusertable".

In other words it's a RaQ3 bug.

Which I keep getting told will be fixed by an update this month.

I hope so; I'd like to actually use my RaQ3i.

Jeff
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