[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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