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RE: [cobalt-users] virtusertable vs. GUI, email alias



If I place any lines after 
" # Put custom additions below (Do not change/remove this line)", 

i.e john_doe@xxxxxxxxxx   john_doe_user 

it would be after the catch-all statement and it would never get to that
 line.


---- baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2001, Footballist   wrote:
> 
> > If I manually, edit the virtusertable and place below line
> > John_Doe@xxxxxxxxxx  user-jhon   (without the www),
> > 
> > Next time that I use the GUI interface, it will whipe out the above
> record,
> > which is without the www and replaces it with @www.
> 
> What you want to do, I think is add your alias line below the line
> that
> says
> # Put custom additions below (Do not change/remove this line).
> 
> Then, makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable < /etc/mail/virtusertable
> 
> > Questions:
> > 
> > How do I completely get rid of all @www.site from my virtusertable?
> > 
> > My  "DNS Settings for mysite.com" is
> > 
> > mysite.com  --->   xx.xxx.xx.xxx
> > mysite.com  mail is sent to the high priority sever   www.mysite.com
> 
> Look in a archive for catch-all(catchall catch all) or on the Coblat
> web site.
> 
> What works for me is to use
> 
> an mx record of  
> mysite.com  mail is sent to the high priority server   mysite.com,
> although you could also use mail.mysite.com
> 
> In Control Panel -> Email Server Parameters
> Relay for  mysite.com
> Host Domain Aliases  www.mysite.com
> 
> Now, place @www.mysite.com as an aliases of the site administrator.
> 
> So, the site admin gets all mail that isn't specifically addressed
> to
> a name/alias at mysite.com, and the alias you entered in virtusertable
> gets the mail to the user name you entered.
> 
> Or, at least that's how it works here on a RaQ4.
> 
> Thom
> 
> baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx             Thom LaCosta K3HRN Webmaster
>  
> 
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