Re: [cobalt-users] e-mail aliasses on cobalt raq4

["Edward Bishop" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm wondering how I can setup an e-mail alias to an existing e-mailbox on
a
> different domain, without creating an extra user.
>
> So mail that sent to donald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx will always be forwarded
to
> mailto:donald.duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Unless I'm missing something, this is easy...

edit your /etc/mail/virtusertable and at the end add the line:

donald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    donald.duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(put a tab in between the two addresses, not spaces).

Save the file then type

makemap hash virtusertable < virtusertable

(be careful to type this exactly as shown including the <)

and then

newaliases

(I'm not sure if this is necessary but it won't do any harm).

The facts that there is no user on the Cobalt called Donald and that the
address you are forwarding to is external are both irrelevant.

HTH

(it's such a basic one that I can't help thinking I am missing something
obvious)

Eddie