[BlueOnyx:05058] Re: Use of info, webmaster, and other aliases
Gerald Waugh
gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com
Sat Jul 17 10:45:23 -05 2010
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 16:01 -0400, Abdul Rashid Abdullah wrote:
> Many users on my system have created mailing lists with names like info,
> webmaster, support, sales, etc. In the /etc/mail/aliases file I have placed
> a # sign in front of these entries. However, I am finding for some reason
> that the admin account on the server has become a sort of catch all now for
> all of these mailing lists. The mailing lists appear to still be working
> delivering mail to their intended recipients in addition to the admin
> account on the server receiving these email.
>
> I am not sure where the conflict is occurring but I am sure it would be best
> that I stop receiving email that truly belongs to someone else. Any ideas
> on how to track down the "glitch" in the system would be appreciated.
>
check maillog, see if you can track the processing.
Gerald
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