Date:  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:13:54 -0600
From:  Larry Smith <lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04218] Re: Found a Problem and I don't know how to stop it.
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <200603011513.54624.lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
In-Reply-To:  <11315B66-6569-481C-AD5E-B7DED30CCD9A (at mark) bellsouth.net>
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Billy,

  Ok, then check your logs and see what it says for that email address.
For example, I just sent mail to "decode" at my box and got the following in 
the logs:

<quote>
Mar  1 15:03:48 web8 sendmail[13511]: k21L3jt7013497: alias <decode> => root
Mar  1 15:03:48 web8 sendmail[13511]: k21L3jt7013497: alias root => admin
Mar  1 15:03:48 web8 sendmail[13511]: k21L3jt7013497: forward admin => 
sysad (at mark) mail.ecsis.net
</quote>

The logs should tell you something about what it is doing with the message 
once received.  If there is nothing there other than the "mailer=local, ..., 
stat=sent", then the re-write is being done via the virtusertable.

-- 
Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad (at mark) ecsis.net


On Wednesday 01 March 2006 14:40, Billy Lenox wrote:
> I have looked at the /etc/mail/virtusertable and /etc/mail/aliases
> file and nothing in there pointing mail@ to anyone.
> I am stumped.
> you can write mail (at mark) domain.xxx any of my domains on the unit I get the
> email.
> I just don't know what else to look for.
>
> Billy
>
> On Mar 1, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
> > Hmmm,
> >
> > Then check the files in /etc/mail and see if there is an "alias"
> > for "mail"
> > (as a username) in any of the files (alias, virtusertable, etc).
> > Mine does
> > not do this, so there has got to be something telling the server
> > that the
> > name "mail" when used as a username, gets directed to admin or
> > whoever.
> >
> > --
> > Larry Smith
> > SysAd ECSIS.NET
> > sysad (at mark) ecsis.net
> >
> > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:43, Billy Lenox wrote:
> >> It is turned off and mail@ user does not exist at all.
> >>
> >> Billy
> >>
> >> On Mar 1, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 12:23, Billy Lenox wrote:
> >>>> I think there is a Problem with BlueQuartz Mail
> >>>> I have been able to to mail to:
> >>>>
> >>>> mail (at mark) domain.tld
> >>>>
> >>>> an the admin gets mail at the domain but to the admin account.
> >>>> how do
> >>>> you disable the
> >>>> mail@ so the mail will bounce as a bad user?
> >>>>
> >>>> Billy
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like you have a "catch-all" address running which means any
> >>> name at all
> >>>  (at mark) domain.tld will be accepted.  Check for that and turn it off and
> >>> the
> >>> "baduser" should start working.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Larry Smith
> >>> SysAd ECSIS.NET
> >>> sysad (at mark) ecsis.net