[cobalt-users] Re: catch-all RaQ3

["David Thacker" <Cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Warren,

The proper format for adding a catch-all on a RaQ3 is @host.domain.tld NOT
@domain.tld

In most cases this is @www.domain.tld

dAvid tHacker
Thacker Network Technologies Inc.


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>
> Message: 17
> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:55:17 -0700
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: Warren Whitlock <warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] chatch all
> <4.2.2.20000620112828.00c9a100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> At 12:49 PM 6/20/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >am I correct that the Update 3 for RAQ3 did not fix the catch all problem
> >as stated on the cobalt site.???
>
> I've read and tried all of the fixes here over the past two months. Still,
> when I add "@domain.tld" to the alias field, all the mail for that domain
> goes to that user.
>
> I changed several sites BEFORE testing this with the patch. Yikes! it isn't
> fixed.
>
> I've tried using different user name (i.e. "fhd348s" instead of "joe") so
> that all mail goes to an alias.
>
> I've tried editing the VIRTUSERTABLE at the end.. Maybe my syntax is
> wrong.. but nothing different happened.
>
> I use a catch all extensively in designing my own sites... I like to make
> up unique addresses almost everytime I use a "mailto" so I can easily count
> the replies. I've learned to enter them in my RAQ.. but what a pain...
> especially if the malicious mail stealing can still happen.
>
> If you, or anyone, finds any news... please don't hesitate to post it.. or
> post it again. This is exactly the kind of thing I look for in a list.
> Sometimes, reading it 16 times is a great way to learn.
>
> Warren Whitlock
> InNet Technologies
> warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx