On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, David Holland wrote:
> In an alias file that's queried by "search_type = lsearch*@" I have:
>
> *: ${local_part}@???
>
> If someone sends mail to "some username"@??? then the message is
> frozen ("missing or malformed local part", etc) rather than being sent
> to "some username"@???. Is the correct fix to put quotes like
>
> *: "${local_part}"@???
>
> in the alias file? This seems to have the desired effect but I'm not
> sure whether it produces any other side-effects.
>
> (Yes, I know spaces in usernames are weird. I'm aiming for the
> other.domain MX to bounce the message, rather than have it freezing on
> the queue at this.domain.)
Er, you want your server to accept the message, and then wait for the
other.domain server to refust to accept it from your server?
I dont think an aliasfile is really what you want for this - perhaps a
smartuser director instead?
This might be more easily accomplished with a DNS record
the.domain CNAME other.domain
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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