On December 21, 2003 09:59 pm, Tom Ferguson wrote: > I am just getting to much spam. I want to create an email alias called > new.mail@xxxxxxxxxx I edited the aliases text file in /etc/mail and ran > "newaliases" to update the db file. But when I send an email to > new.mail@xxxxxxxxxx it is undeliverable as no user. I have my email client > setup to receive mail from this account using the alias as user name and > password from the base user. But I get an error that says no user found. > What did I do wrong. > > Tom In addition to what Corey mentioned, you may want to look at /etc/mail/virtusertable (virtual user). it is a mapping of non-existant emails that should be accepted and handed off to a legitimate user. it is similar to aliases, but aliases are generally used to redirect mail within the system so a service accounts email is sent to a user account's email. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
