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RE: [cobalt-users] Where are config settings (besides gui) for catch-all?
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Where are config settings (besides gui) for catch-all?
- From: "Rusty Waybrant" <rwaybrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Sep 13 10:02:02 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> #the question
> What are the conf file lines / component(s) that make
> catch-all work? I've broken it.
>
> #the detail
> I've toy'd around with sendmail.conf for days, finally got
> the DNSBL functionality working well and I'm having a hard
> time getting my catch-all functionality to revive. I know, I
> know, read the archives, but I've done so; nothing seems to apply.
>
> I'm setting it in the gui, and testing by sending a message
> from outside to "pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" and of course we don't
> have a pete. I go check and all that happens is my other
> acct gets a user unknown message. My catchall address doesn't get it.
>
> I used to get a ton of mail from catchall, and it was helpful
> for catching misspelled user names.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Phil
The /etc/mail/virtusertable, two entries...
@domain.com %1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Catch-all:
@host.domain.com username
No catch-all:
@host.domain.com error:nouser No such user here
Rusty Waybrant