[BlueOnyx:03924] Re: Email user alias problem

Gerald Waugh gwaugh at raqware.com
Wed Mar 10 19:48:10 -05 2010


On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 19:21 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
wrote:
> I'm having a peculiar issue with a customer system.
> 
> Sending emails to user aliases on a domain are not functioning.
> 
> For instance, I have username jblow on www.domain.tld and an email alias
> of joeblow.   Sending to jblow at domain.tld will work fine.  Sending to
> joeblow at domain.tld always results in User Unknown.
> 
> I've played the game of pulling out the aliases, saving, then putting
> the aliases back in and saving again.   I've checked
> /etc/mail/virtusertable and everything looks good.
> 
> The only thing non-stock with this box is it's running Mailman, so it
> has the extra aliases file defined in sendmail.mc.
> 
> makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable.db <  /etc/mail/virtusertable works
> just fine with no errors.
> 
> Can somebody help with what I'm missing?

Maybe look at the aliases file
and maybe execute newaliases

Gerald




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