Questions tagged [virtusertable]

/etc/mail/virtusertable is a virtual user table configuration file used by Sendmail

/etc/mail/virtusertable is a virtual user table configuration file used by Sendmail

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virtusertable vs. MX-record

I have two mail-servers: A and B. The server A is the official MX-handler for domain example.com and is configured to forward the entire @example.com to someuser@yahoo.com. This part works fine. However, some times server B also gets e-mail intended…
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Sendmail doesn't seemto be reading the virtusertable on Solaris 11

I'm on Solaris 5.11 running sendmail. Local usernames are of the form (e.g. hn06511). In the past we used aliases to make point to @olddomain.com. @olddomain.com Now there's a new email address…
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Is a file a valid RHS in a Sendmail virtusertable?

I am working on a project where I would like to allow certain persons to modify certain entries of Sendmail's virtusertable via a web interface. I originally thought this wouldn't be a problem until I read the following: /etc/aliases vs…
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sendmail: why the error codes from error:nouser and no user differ?

With sendmail 8.14, when there is no user at a given domain, the error that sendmail seems to produce is as follow: 550 5.1.1 ... User unknown However, if you use the error:nouser within virtusertable, the message is as…
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Handling all subdomains as the domain itself

I'm forwarding all e-mails for a domain owned by a friend to his real e-mail address. This works fine for his example.com itself (with the @example.com virtusertable entry): % sendmail -C new.cf -bv AE@example.com AE@example.com... deliverable:…
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