Hi All!
This is somewhat late, but, as promised, here is a summary of the replies
I got, along with comments. Just as a reminder, the question I had was
whether there was a way to do reverse aliasing using the stock sendmail
that comes with Solaris 2.5 without NIS.
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>From obryhimk@gecmc.gecmc.ge.com Wed Sep 11 15:57:15 1996
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:57:10 -0400
From: Kerry O'Bryhim <obryhimk@gecmc.gecmc.ge.com>
To: lacy@gainsun1.mercer.edu
Subject: Re: Reverse Aliasing in Solaris Sendmail?
Scott -
I'm not sure if this is what you want but it may do the trick
1. make sure the password entry has john does' full name
jdoe:x:555:55:John Doe:/home/jdoe:/bin/csh
2. use two aliases in you aliases file
jdoe: john.doe
john.doe: john.doe@mailhost
3. make sure mail host knows john by the last alias john.doe.
Hope it helps - it's easy enough to try - two edit's and a newaliases
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Unfort, this didn't help, at least for me. It didn't seem to do the
trick. Thanks anyway!
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>From Daniel.Blander@ACSacs.Com Wed Sep 11 15:57:30 1996
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:59:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Daniel J Blander - Sr. Systems Engineer for ACS"
<Daniel.Blander@ACSacs.Com>
To: lacy@gainsun1.mercer.edu
Subject: Re: Reverse Aliasing in Solaris Sendmail?
You need to do one or the other - NIS/NIS+ or another verson of sendmail.
only way to do it....
Daniel Blander =8^)
Sr. Systems Engineer Applied Computer Solutions
Email: Daniel.Blander@acsacs.com
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I am beginning to think this is the answer, as much as I hate to admit it.
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>From jim@telecnnct.com Wed Sep 11 15:57:35 1996
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 01:21:05 -0400
From: Jim Harmon <jim@telecnnct.com>
To: lacy@gainsun1.mercer.edu
Subject: Re: Reverse Aliasing in Solaris Sendmail?
For ELM, in the USER's directory, you have a .elm directory. The
user can specify their own return alias there (from: john.doe)
>From mail or mailx, you have a file called .mailrc in each user
directory. Same story.
for your default mail address, you can set up your /etc/aliases file
so that jdoe: john.doe@mail.host.com.
At my site, my aliases file has the following for me:
jim: jim@host.com
jimh: jim
j.harmon: jim
jim.harmon: jim
(etc...)
Thus all mail aliases for me in whatever wacky format we receive,
resolve back to jim@host.com
I could have defined my username or mail name as jim.harmon@...
instesd of jim@....
The problem then is how do you resolve jim.harmon to the /
/var/spool/mail/jim file?
I haven't tried it, but if I also have "jim" in my aliases file,
it should resolve to my username, which is "jim" in the passwd file.
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That didn't really do it, either, although it did provide an idea for at
least a temporary patch solution. Setup each user's .pinerc file so that
in each message they send, they have a Reply-To header with the alias I
want to put on. Not exactly what I want, but it'll work until I get a
more solid solution (i.e. another sendmail).
Thanks to all who responded!
Scott
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