Re: [cobalt-users] E-mail setup / catch-all address

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Gregory Ogorek" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I'm still lost when it comes to the assignment of site e-mail aliases (or
> >forwarding addresses).  Let's say I have a domain xyz.com, and require
the
> >following e-mail aliases (e-mail@domain -> forwarding address):
>
> >[1] clinton@xxxxxxx -> bill@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >[2] bush@xxxxxxx -> george@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >[3] staff@xxxxxxx -> bill@xxxxxxxxxxx, george@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >[4] ...@xxxxxxx -> bill@xxxxxxxxxxx  (catch-all account)
>
<snip>
> 3. Create a list by clickin on the "List Management" button on the left
side
> of your Site Managment interface. Click "Add Mailing List".  Enter a List
> Name and Password.  The blue question mark icons to the left of each item
> can give you details if you look to the bottom of your browser.  The List
> Name would be staff (without the @xyz.com).  Enter bill and george in the
> External Recipients window.  One per line.
</snip>

Greg was correct on 1,2 and 4.  His solution for 3 will work, but unless you
need a GUI solution, setting up a mailing list will cause additional
overhead on the server, is overkill and may lead to behavior you don't
want - like messages with certain administrative keywords getting bounced to
the list admin.  There are several solutions that do not involve the GUI or
mailing lists.  The solution I prefer is to create a record in sendmail's
virtusertable file pointing staff@xxxxxxx to a dummy username as follows:

staff@xxxxxxx staff_xyzcom

Then in sendmail's aliases file add a record:

staff_xyzcom: bill@xxxxxxxxxxx, george@xxxxxxxxxxx

Then run the following commands from the shell:

makemap hash /etc/virtusertable < /etc/virtuserable (substitute correct
location if your file is somewhere else)
newaliases
kill -HUP `head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid`

Other solutions involve using a .forward file or a procmail recipe (powerful
solution, probably too advanced for a newbie, but hard to judge original
poster's skills).  Just thought I'd mention alternatives.  I generally use
the method I described for #3, but I rely heavily on procmail for spam
filter, compressed mail archiving, autoresponders, folder routing, etc.

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Steve Werby
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