Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3: Setting up catch-all email

["Edward Bishop" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I set up the @www.shakadesign.com part correctly, and that seems to
work --
> any email sent to {NAME}@www.shakadesign.com works. However, the problem
> comes when I try to set up email for @shakadesign.com (no "www".) When I
> add this to the RaQ email properties for my username, I get "Invalid or
> conflicting email addresses: @shakadesign.com."
>


The following worked for me:

Edit /etc/mail/virtusertable and after the line

@www.shakadesign.com

add another line:

@shakadesign.com

Then do a rehash on this file:

makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable < /etc/mail/virtusertable

and try again to send email to the address without the www.

I've never really understood what these email addresses with www in them are
supposed to be. Normal Linux servers in my (limited) experience don't have
them (and let's face it, they would look weird if you actually asked anyone
to use them). Something to do with the "host" on a Cobalt being "www". No
doubt someone else can explain.

Eddie