Re: [cobalt-users] Problem: virtusertable doesn't accept user.name@xxxxxxxxxx loginid

[Eric Welling <eric@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is my .mc file, I have no problem using user.user@domain. Can you give me
an example of your mc file? The mc file is used to build the cf file for
sendmail. Just trying. Please humour me.

divert(0)dnl
VERSIONID(`$Id: generic-linux.mc,v 8.1 1999/09/24 22:48:05 gshapiro Exp $')
OSTYPE(linux)dnl
DOMAIN(generic)dnl
FEATURE(virtusertable)dnl
FEATURE(access_db)dnl
FEATURE(local_lmtp)dnl
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl

Eric Welling
welldog - from Frasier Smith

Kostas Papadopoulos wrote:

> Dear friends, I'm having the same problem
> and can't seem to find a way to put a DOT (.)
> in the mappable address in
> /etc/mail/virtusertable of sendmail.
>
> user.name@xxxxxxxxxx   loginid
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> ========================================
>
> Khaled wrote:
>
> % I'm trying to add 'user.name@domain' in the /etc/virtusertable but I keep
> % getting '550 user not found' message erroe when I try sending to that
> % address.  if I change that to 'user@domain' it works just fine.
>
> are you trying to edit virtusertable by hand? if yes, search
> kb.cobaltnet.com
> for virtusertable and follow the instructions given to rebuild the map.
>
> % is there a special form to enter the user name (firat.last@domain) in the
> % virtusertable?
>
> generally, the entries in virtusertable are of the form:
>
> alias      loginid
>
> an example in your case would be:
>
> user.name@xxxxxxxxxx   loginid
>
> sridhar.
>
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