Re: [cobalt-users] Who is MAIL@xxxxxxxxxx ?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Blabla wrote:

> OK, found it. Now I´ve got a problem:
> We printed a lot of stuff with the adress "mail@..." on it.
> Is there ANY way to make it possible to generate a normal user with the name
> "mail"?????

No.  But there is a way to receive mail sent to "mail@xxxxxxxxxx" if
that's what you want to do.

Is it?

> If I change the name in /etc/passwd, will the mailserver stop working?

Most likely.

> If not, we lost a lot of money.

Not if you can send mail from mail@xxxxxxxxxx and get mail sent to
mail@xxxxxxxxxx, right?

Create a user for domain.com.  Name the user something like getmail.

Give that user an alias of mail.  Then read the mail sent to "getmail".

To send mail from "getmail" just set the email address in your email
client to "mail@xxxxxxxxxx".

Okay, you owe me half the money I saved you <smile>.

Jeff
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