Re: Sendmail: bounced e-mails
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39423
interpreted = N
texte = Clement Ross wrote: > > > Bounces for bad To: addresses go to postmaster@yourdomain.com > > The header actually says To: nobody@mydomain.tldOhm that's right, the WebCat install adds these line to sendmail.cf:# START WEBCATALOG ADDITIONS # ALL TEXT BETWEEN THESE LINES WILL BE DELETED WHEN WEBCATALOG IS UNINSTALLED Tnobody # ALL TEXT BETWEEN THESE LINES WILL BE DELETED WHEN WEBCATALOG IS UNINSTALLED # END WEBCATALOG ADDITIONS(which means _T_rust the user nobody)which also explains why they all go to root; the nobody user has a default alias to root.It also explains why they don't go to the From: line. The nobody user is the real user the e-mail is sent from; the From: in the message is, in effect, a comment and has nothing to do with what account actually sent the message.If you want to change the user that will receive the e-mail that nobody would get, edit the /etc/aliases and change this line: nobody: rootto nobody: localaccountor you can alias root to a real account: root: youraccountand you will receive all of the e-mail that goes to root. Once you change the alias file, you need to run /usr/sbin/sendmail -bito recreate the binary database that sendmail uses (I'm sure this is covered in the O'Reilly book).You can look at some e-mail processing packages to redirect the messages to the correct admin account. John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Clement Ross wrote: > > > Bounces for bad To: addresses go to postmaster@yourdomain.com > > The header actually says To: nobody@mydomain.tldOhm that's right, the WebCat install adds these line to sendmail.cf:# START WEBCATALOG ADDITIONS # ALL TEXT BETWEEN THESE LINES WILL BE DELETED WHEN WEBCATALOG IS UNINSTALLED Tnobody # ALL TEXT BETWEEN THESE LINES WILL BE DELETED WHEN WEBCATALOG IS UNINSTALLED # END WEBCATALOG ADDITIONS(which means _T_rust the user nobody)which also explains why they all go to root; the nobody user has a default alias to root.It also explains why they don't go to the From: line. The nobody user is the real user the e-mail is sent from; the From: in the message is, in effect, a comment and has nothing to do with what account actually sent the message.If you want to change the user that will receive the e-mail that nobody would get, edit the /etc/aliases and change this line: nobody: rootto nobody: localaccountor you can alias root to a real account: root: youraccountand you will receive all of the e-mail that goes to root. Once you change the alias file, you need to run /usr/sbin/sendmail -bito recreate the binary database that sendmail uses (I'm sure this is covered in the O'Reilly book).You can look at some e-mail processing packages to redirect the messages to the correct admin account. John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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