Re: Sendmail: bounced e-mails
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39426
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks John,John Peacock wrote: Clement Ross wrote:> > > Bounces for bad To: addresses go to postmaster@yourdomain.com > > > > The header actually says To: nobody@mydomain.tld > > Ohm 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.So there's nothing I can do on that front. I had not realized that WebCat changed sendmail.cf.> 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: root > to > nobody: localaccount > > or you can alias root to a real account: > > root: youraccountDone.> and 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 -bi > > to recreate the binary database that sendmail uses (I'm sure this is > covered in the O'Reilly book).FYI: RH as a command to do that: newaliases.> You can look at some e-mail processing packages to redirect the messages > to the correct admin account.Procmail of course! I was so bent on making Sendmail do what I wanted it to do that I never thought about having another program do the work.Thanks for your time John.Clem. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Thanks John,John Peacock wrote: Clement Ross wrote:> > > Bounces for bad To: addresses go to postmaster@yourdomain.com > > > > The header actually says To: nobody@mydomain.tld > > Ohm 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.So there's nothing I can do on that front. I had not realized that WebCat changed sendmail.cf.> 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: root > to > nobody: localaccount > > or you can alias root to a real account: > > root: youraccountDone.> and 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 -bi > > to recreate the binary database that sendmail uses (I'm sure this is > covered in the O'Reilly book).FYI: RH as a command to do that: newaliases.> You can look at some e-mail processing packages to redirect the messages > to the correct admin account.Procmail of course! I was so bent on making Sendmail do what I wanted it to do that I never thought about having another program do the work.Thanks for your time John.Clem. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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