ericf@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Eric Feigenson) (04/06/91)
Hi! I'm trying to get sendmail 5.61 (as shipped) on an ISC 2.2 Unix system on a '386 clone. The .cf file we're using is one that worked just fine on a different system. The problem we're having is that aliases aren't getting processed in any way we can see. That is, running sendmail -bt and giving it a name that appears in the /usr/lib/aliases and is aliased to a name like abc@xyz, always resolves to the "local" mailer instead of the tcp mailer. The string "abc@xyz" never shows up in the trace. We've checked the following: - /usr/lib/aliases exists and is readable - we ran newaliases - The line "OS/usr/lib/aliases" exists in the sendmail.cf I tested by using the command "./sendmail -bt -Csendmail.cf", and feeding it various names that appear in the aliases file. They *always* resolve to the local mailer, with no trace of alias expansion ever happening. Address like "foo@bar.com" resolve to the correct mailer. My understanding, from previous encounters with sendmail, is that alias processing happens *before* rulesets get applied. This doesn't seem to be happening. Any ideas? Clues? Words of wisdom? All would be appreciated! Please *E-MAIL* all replies to: ericf@zurich.ai.mit.edu Thanks in advance! -EricF
ericf@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Eric Feigenson) (04/06/91)
Ooops... That was a dumb one... I just figured out (er, recalled) that aliasing happens by a local mailer, not by sendmail. Apologies to all (but I have *another* question I'll post seperately!) -EricF