Fw: [cobalt-users] email aliases

["Edward Bishop" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please note that my lines to stop and start sendmail were in the wrong
order!

I meant

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start



----- Original Message -----
From: Edward Bishop <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



> In your virtusertable, does the alias line read
>
> mike.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?
>
> If it does, you need another line following it:
>
> mike.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Having added this, do a rehash of virtusertable:
>
> makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable < /etc/mail/virtusertable
>
> Then stop and restart sendmail:
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
>
> This worked for me... but I'm new to Linux... so wait a while before doing
> it in case anyone knows better!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Smith <msmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I know that this has been addressed quite a few times, and I've done
what
> I
> > believe a thorough search in the archives and KB, but still can't quite
> get
> > email aliases to function properly. Let's say I have a user
> > mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx, and have an email alias for him called
> > mike.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I've even checked the etc/mail/virtusertable to
> > ensure that the record does indeed exist (which it does). If I send mail
> to
> > mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx, it is delivered properly; however, mail sent to
> > mike.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxx is returned with an error message stating that
the
> > user does not exist. We're on a Raq4i, and the DNS, MX and A records
> appear
> > to be configured properly.
> >
> > Any hints or suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>
>