OT: Sendmail weirdness

[René Berber]

Chris Yuzik wrote:

> Julian Field wrote:
>> So you have usernames in the passwd file that say "user at domain.tld"?
>> How very odd.
> 
> Jules,
> 
> Right. I guess it was done this way to support multiple virtual domains.
> If we just had "jsmith" then wouldn't we have an issue if there was a
> "jsmith at domain1.com" and a different jsmith at "jsmith at domain2.com"?

The important part is not just the user's name, but what is defined as those
users home directory.

If their home was correct sendmail would have no problem finding and using the
.forward file.

Anyway, all the tools to hack sendmail into doing this are in cf/README, you
probably want to read on stickyhost, and a few other options.

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René Berber