[plug] Wildcard alias

[Matt Bruce]

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Michael,

Sure is. A former employer had implemented this particular idea with
sendmail, but I'm damned if I can remember exactly how they did it. It
_may_ have been the /etc/mail/mailertable file, but don't quote me.

It was set up in a file in the following manner:

  ...
  # Contact - Fred Flintstone 08-9555-1234
  wilma at flintstone.com.au     wflintstone at someisp.net.au
  pebbles at flintstone.com.au   stu954af at someuni.edu.au
  @flintstone.com.au          fredf at anotherisp.net.au
  # Contact - Barney Rubble 08-9555-4321
  betty at rubble.com.au         stoneage at somewhere.com.au
  bambam at rubble.com.au        boomer at abigheavyclub.com.au
  @rubble.com.au              barney at somewhereelse.com.au
  # Ok, so I'm creative - sue me. ;)
  ...

It performs matching from the top-down, similar to a firewall ruleset,
with the final line for each domain being a "catch-all" or default
rule. I'm not sure if the /etc[/mail]/aliases file overrides it,
though.

Sorry I can't be of much more help. :/

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Matt Bruce  <matt.bruce at alphawest.com.au>
Security Engineer - Security & Internet Services
AlphaWest - http://www.alphawest.com.au/
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"Adventure? Excitement? A Jedi craves not these things." -- Yoda and
Silent Bob


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Hunt [mailto:Michael.J.Hunt at usa.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 1999 10:44 pm
>
>Just a quick question. Is it possible to have a wildcard alias (such
as
>*@mydomain) to catch all mail in to a mailbox ? Do other 
>aliases that appear in the /etc/aliases override this wildcard ?
>
>I basically want to set myself up to catch all mail for this 
>domain except for accounts/aliases that have been setup for other 
>users.

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