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Message-ID: <3A0A329E.62C17AE5@adptx.com> 
From: David Mabo <dmabo@adptx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Sendmail - Virtual Email addresses
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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 05:11:17 GMT

Rob Servis wrote:
> 
> If I were a sendmail guru, I wouldn't have to ask this ... since I'm not,
> maybe someone out there can answer.
> 
> 2 things I've noticed about aliases for virtual domains on SCO5.0.x:
> 
> 1. Unlike normal aliases - you cannot specify multiple recipients on the
> alias.
I can answer this - it takes 2 forwards - one to a machine name, and
then that can do the multiple forwards:

virtual entry:

xx@domain1.com  list@domain2.com

aliases

list:   user1,user2,user3

> 2. Unlike other sendmail implementations on Linux, FreeBSD, etc. that use
> /etc/mail/domainalias to do aliases, you cannot specify a wildcard forward
> for all names at a particular domain.
> 
> The sendmail.cf code as it exists for virtual domains on 5.0.5 looks like
> this:
> 
> # handle virtual aliases
> R$+ < @ $+ . >          $: $1 < @ $2 > .
> R$+ < @ $+ > $*         $: $(valiases $1@$2 $: $1 < @ $2 > $3 $)
> R$+ < @ $+ > $*         $: $(valiases $2 $: $1 < @ $2 > $3 $)
> R$+ < @ $+ > .          $: $1 < @ $2 . >
> 
> What would have to change support 1 & 2.

-- 
David H. Mabo, CPCM
Adaptix Corp. - Cincinnati, Ohio

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