Re: /etc/aliases forwarding to wrong user

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On Friday 20 June 2003 09:34, Tom Rymes wrote:
> Hi folks, new to the list, so let me know if I should post to a 
> different forum....
> 
> I have a RedHat 8.0 server running Sendmail. I am trying to forward 
> mail addressed to local users and am having no luck.
> 
> If I create a .forward file in the users' home directories, nothing 
> happens, all mail is still delivered locally. If I create an alias in 
> /etc/aliases, I have a different problem. Basically, I put a line in 
> /etc/aliases as follows:
> 
> localuser: 	user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> The problem is that if I send mail to localuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx it 
is 
> forwarded to the local user user1, not to user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Tom

Did you run "newaliases" (as root) after editing /etc/aliases?

Dave



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