Re: [cobalt-users] Catch-all account problems (Mike S.)

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

NMS Help Desk wrote:
> 
> I'm using a Perl script called batemail between sendmail and procmail to
> intercept any possible rogue attachments (filters the extension).  It works
> just fine for every account, except for the account that catches the
> improperly addressed emails (in the GUI, the alias is simply @domain.com).
> Mail to that account goes directly to the mailbox, without being touched by
> the script.  This seems impossible because sendmail.cf (and
> sendmail.cf.master) points to the script, and the script then pipes the
> message to procmail.  Any ideas?  Thanks. -Mike Schacter

The proper catchall alias is "@host.domain.com" (usually
"@www.domain.com" for most people the way they set domains up).  Not
sure if it's related to your problem, but you might want to fix it
anyway...

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Bruce Timberlake
Technology Engineer
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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