Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:46:29 -0500
From:  "Steve Davis" <steve (at mark) zio.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:07333] Re: Programming the BQ ui
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Good thought about cnames for MX records. It really is best to use PTR records. But the
maillog simply says there is no user with that name when any alias is used. I can remove
and reinstall and I get the same bounce. I have also tried to makemap on both access,
aliases, and virtusertable with no success.

It is very strange.

Steve 


coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org writes:
>Hi Steve,
>
>> Is there anything like this for email/smtp/sendmail?  
>
>No, these original Cobalt PDFs are pretty ancient (2000-2002) and I as far as 
>I know they don't cover the specifics you are looking for.
>
>> I had to give up on BQ some months ago when the email for aliases on 
>> the transition server  refused to work and no one on the list could offer a
>> solution. I am still very curious why it is broken, how it became broken,
>> and what the cause and solution might be.
>
>Did you by chance use C-Name records for your domains? With a modern Sendmail 
>you should not (as in never) use C-Name records for domains. If you do use 
>them, then you can email to username (at mark) domain.com and username (at mark) host.domain.com, 
>but emails to alias (at mark) domain.com or alias (at mark) host.domain.com will not work. It 
>already starts to fail if just the primary host & domain name for the server 
>itself is a C-Name.
>
>I had similar issues with some clients where aliasses didn't work. Of course 
>you then hear the usual thing like "This *did* work before on a Cobalt!". 
>That may be true with the very old Sendmails that the original Cobalts used, 
>but even Bruce "do not use C-Names" Timberlake has been preaching not to use 
>C-Names on Cobalts for years. :o)
>
>So this would be the first thing I'd check if email aliasses don't work.
>
>-- 
>
>With best regards,
>
>Michael Stauber
>
>
>
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