You are right - account names must be unique. It IS extremely obvious. One point I seemed to fail to make clear is that the 'bob@domain1' with it's corresponding account name and password get set up on the workstations that connect to the Linux server. The same applies for Bob at domain2. I set up a similar scenario on my Windows PC, where I had an account called 'testmail' on the Linux server, and sent email to testmail@xxxxxxxxxxx and then testmail@xxxxxxxxxxx, knowing full well that the mails were going to be delivered to the same mail folder on the Linux server. What I wanted to see was if I downloaded mail just for testmail@xxxxxxxxxxx, whether or not I would receive both emails. I did, because the username and password were the same for both email addresses. In Windows, there is nothing to stop you from setting up different email accounts that have different email addresses but use the same authentication username and password. As noted below, I did manage to solve my own problem with the virtusertable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Sechiatano" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 5:55 PM Subject: Re: RH8 and mail domain hosting > I'm pretty sure this is obvious, but you can't have two identical usernames > on the same system. > > You would have to have bobX and bobY as usernames and adjust your > /etc/mail/virtusertable file accordingly. > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 12:09:03PM +0200, Jason Dale <redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > OK ... No problem. I answered my own question :) > > > > I used the /etc/mail/virtusertable (duh!) > > > > 1) Added entry in /etc/mail/virtusertable > > > > bob@xxxxxxxxxxx bob.domain1 > > bob@xxxxxxxxxxx bob.domain2 > > > > In otherwords, the first bob will have the mail sent to account > > 'bob.domain1' > > and the second address will deliver mail to 'bob.domain2'. This way, > > you can maintain seperate folders and account info for both bob's at > > different > > domains. > > > > Still, if there is a way to achieve this without using MTA specific > > databases, > > I'd like to know. ANy suggestions welcome ..... ;) > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason Dale" <redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:03 AM > > Subject: RH8 and mail domain hosting > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I know that this is more a sendmail question, but there must be a > > > more intelligent way around this problem can can work with more > > > that one mail MTA. > > > > > > Here is the situation: we have a server that hosts mail for '@domain1' > > > and '@domain2'. We have two people by the name of 'Bob' : > > > > > > bob@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > bob@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Now if 'Bob' at domain1 sets up his username and password the same as > > > the other Bob, even if the domains are different, you will have mail for > > > both Bob's being delivered to the same computer, on a > > > first-come-first-served > > > basis. Naturally, the other Bob will not be happy about this. > > > > > > Is there anyway to set up the system so that both Bobs can have different > > > passwords, and that their email gets stored seperately in different > > > mailboxes, > > > on the same machine with the same IP address? > > > > > > P.S. This IS an RH8 system :) > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Psyche-list mailing list > > > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > -- > > Psyche-list mailing list > > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > -- > Chris Sechiatano > chris@xxxxxxxxxxx > www.chris-s.com > > PGP Key 0x0021EFA0 > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
