[KLUG Members] Question about sendmail catchall virtusertable.

[Bruce Smith]

> Okay, questions on sendmail.  I've heard ( and possibly read on this list
> before) about sendmail's virtual users.  At work, and at home, I have
> virtual users set up.  Allegedly, you can put, for a given host, this:
> 
> @mydomain.com <user>
> 
> And all emails to nonexistent users or whatever will go to that user.  I
> have that set up.  I send a mail to asdlgjasdg@mydomain.com, and it goes
> through -- sendmail accepts it, but then, it just kind of disappears.  It
> doesn't go to root (where I tell it), and it doesn't come back to me, it
> just goes away.
> 
> Is this default behavior?  I thought it was suppsed to be delivered to the
> user?  Or is this jsut some kind of bit-bucket alias?

It works fine for me.  Check your /var/log/maillog and see if you can
tell what's happening to the email(s).  Also, make sure you don't have
root setup as an alias to some other user.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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