Re: [cobalt-users] catch all aliases on telnet

[Marco Baurdoux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

MEUH ???

You are absolutely right concerning the swapping of vusertab and aliases.
But the way Raq's deal with mail sure is strange ?? in regards to a Red Hat
system I mean.



le 22.8.2001 5:09, Jeff Lasman à jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :

> Marco Baurdoux wrote:
> 
>> The basic syntax for a aliases file for a catch-all adress is:
>> 
>> #Forward all the email coming to mydomain and not
>> #being resolved to any other mailbox to this adress
>> @mydomain.com   my_private_adress@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> This should be in the /etc/virtusertable; the /etc/aliases file is for
> aliasing local usernames; see "man aliases" as follows:
> 
> name: addr_1, addr_2, addr_3, . . .
> 
> The  name  is  the  name  to alias, and the addr_n are the
> aliases for that name.  addr_n can  be  another  alias,  a
> local  username,  a  local filename, a command, an include
> file, or an external address.
> 
> So your examples are really for /etc/virtusertable.  That said, your
> examples don't work properly on RaQs (at least RaQs 1 through 3; I'm not
> sure about RaQ4) because the RaQ converts all email to "@domain.com",
> upon receipt, to %1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx", so your example for RaQs should be:
> 
> @www.mydomain.com my_private_address@hotmail
> 
> or
> 
> @www.mydomain.com any-real-username-on-this-box
> 
>> #Forward a specific e-mail address
>> info@xxxxxxxxxxxx   stephanie.abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Likewise, this should be...
> 
> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx stephanie.abc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
>> Once your done editing your aliases file in /etc/aliases don't forget to
>> edit the "newaliases" command from the command line.
> 
> You should be sure to put any such aliases at the end of
> /etc/virtusertable, so they won't be rewritten by the RaQs gui.
> 
> Then run:
> 
> # makemap hash virtusertable < virtusertable
> 
> And ideally you shouldn't have to do this at all; the RaQ should do it
> for you when you add usernames, aliases, and forwards to the gui.
> 
> Jeff

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