Alias problems

[Andrzej Filip]

[send again to correct wrong sender address]
Lenny wrote:
> I am using the Cyrus-Sendmail integration as done by Andrzej Filip. I'm having
> problems with some aliases.
> 
> The problem is with aliases that are in virtusertable which point to an alias in
> the aliases file (because the aliases forward to multiple destinations). All
> works fine except that I can't have a copy go into the users real mailbox. Here
> is an example of what I mean:
> 
> In mailertable:
> 
> example.net                     mrs_cyrus_mailertable:error:5.1.1:550 User
> unknown
> 
> Then lennyl at example.net is added to cyrus, so it is a valid account.
> 
> In virtusertable:
> 
> lennyl at example.net               lennyfw
> 
> In aliases:
> 
> lennyfw:                        
> lennyl at domain1.com,lennyl at comain2.com,lennyl at example.net
> 
> Obviously "example.net" is just for illustration purposes. Now, if I send an
> email to "lennyl at example.net", it parses virtusertable correct. It parses
> aliases correctly and sends out to "lennyl at domain1.com" and
> "lennyl at domain2.com", but errors on copying the message to the local mailbox
> (errors with "User unknown").
> 
> So, the question is, how can I copy a message into the users actual mailbox via
> the aliases file? Thanks.

As I understand you use http://anfi.homeunix.net/sendmail/rtcyrus2.html
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Try the following "first idea I can think about":

virtusertable:
lennyl at example.net               lennyfw
lennyl+xxx at example.net           !

alias:
lennyfw: lennyl at domain1.com,lennyl+xxx at example.net

1) "!" LHS is an "undocumented virtusertable implementation detail".
It means "leave as it is, ignore more general virtusertable entries".

2) Messages will be delivered to INBOX of lennyl at example.net unlesss
lennyl at example.net has xxx folder and anonymous user can append to the
folder [you can replace xxx by another string].

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If ot does not help then answear a few questions:
Is example.net a local email domain ?
echo '$=w' | sendmail -bt
Is example.net a $={Virthost} domain ?
echo '$={VirtHost}' | sendmail -bt

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Andrzej [en:Andrew] Adam Filip anfi at priv.onet.pl anfi at xl.wp.pl
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