[941] in SIPB-AFS-requests
Re: mail aliases, project.*charon* volumes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Tue Jun 15 16:59:09 1993
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 16:58:56 -0400
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@mit.edu>
To: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@gza.com>
Cc: ckclark@mit.edu, eichin@athena.mit.edu (),
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:03:26 -0400.
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 14:53:53 -0400
> From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@MIT.EDU>
>
> I tried one of them, and it didn't work, so I assume that's not
> implemented in the current ease-generated sendmail.cf file. (Although
> it lists the DISCUSS domain as local.)
>
> Exactly what did you try?
>
> jik
I stand corrected. It seems that I was making the false assumption
that because test-mtg.DISCUSS@charon didn't expand to anything, it
wouldn't go anywhere. However, it does seem to work, since I sent mail
to the address and got a bounce saying that it couldn't exec
/usr/local/dsmail. (I assume that the test meeting intentionally uses
/usr/local/dsmail, so that test versions of dsmail can be installed
there to test.)
There's still something I don't understand: why does sipb-staff-mtg
expand without a hostname, and the vi-mtg doesn't? I see no differences:
; telnet charon 25
Trying...
Connected to charon.MIT.EDU.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 charon Applesauce! Sendmail 5.57/2.3JIK ready at Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:53:58 -0400
expn vi-mtg
250 <vi-mtg>
expn sipb-staff-mtg
250 <"|/usr/athena/bin/dsmail -d /usr/spool/discuss/sipb-staff"@charon.LOCAL>
expn vi-mtg@charon
250 <"|/usr/athena/bin/dsmail -d /usr/spool/discuss/vi"@charon.LOCAL>
quit
221 charon closing connection
Connection closed.
Yet:
charon# grep sipb-staff-mtg /etc/localusers /etc/aliases
/etc/localusers:sipb-staff-mtg
/etc/aliases:sipb-staff-mtg:"|/usr/athena/bin/dsmail -d /usr/spool/discuss/sipb-staff"@charon.LOCAL
charon# grep vi-mtg /etc/localusers /etc/aliases
/etc/localusers:vi-mtg
/etc/aliases:vi-mtg:"|/usr/athena/bin/dsmail -d /usr/spool/discuss/vi"@charon.LOCAL
What's happening here?
-Calvin
