 | | | /etc/aliases forwarding to wrong user | /etc/aliases forwarding to wrong user 2003-06-20 - By Tom Rymes
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:35:22 -0400
Dave Reed <dreed@(protected)> wrote:
>On Friday 20 June 2003 09:34, Tom Rymes wrote:
>> Hi folks, new to the list, so let me know if I should
>>post to a
>> different forum....
>>
>> I have a RedHat 8.0 server running Sendmail. I am trying
>>to forward
>> mail addressed to local users and am having no luck.
>>
>> If I create a .forward file in the users' home
>>directories, nothing
>> happens, all mail is still delivered locally. If I
>>create an alias in
>> /etc/aliases, I have a different problem. Basically, I
>>put a line in
>> /etc/aliases as follows:
>>
>> localuser: user1@(protected)
>>
>> The problem is that if I send mail to
>>localuser@(protected) it
>is
>> forwarded to the local user user1, not to
>>user1@(protected)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Tom
>
>Did you run "newaliases" (as root) after editing
>/etc/aliases?
>
>Dave
Yup, thanks for checking, though...
Tom
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