How about setting the attribute to always append the domain name. (can't remember the option but it's around somewhere) __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> < Isys \____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: 15 September 1999 09:03 Subject: a sendmail puzzle > > hey. > > we've recently decided that it would be a good idea to build a new shell box > and isolate it a bit more then our current one is (keep the hackers a little > farther away from where anything important happens). > > this box will also handle uucp mail because our uucp customers need to log > in to a server to fire up uucico, and i don't want them to have access to > anything but the shell box. > > i also don't want this box to do any local delivery (except of course for > uucp). if shell users want access to their mail they can do it via pop with > pine/mutt/fetchmail to a server which has /var/mail mounted from our netapp. > the reason that i don't just mount /var/mail on the netapp is security. if a > server is going to be compromised it is 99% likely to be this one, and i > don't want an errant cracker to have access to everyone's mail. > > basically all mail should be forwarded to a smarthost except uucp mail. > > the problem is that mail sent on the command line to a user without a domain > appended is considered local without being parsed by mailertable (which is > what i'm using to define a smarthost). > > i can't think of any good way to do this. i thought about using a global > procmail rule (/etc/procmailrc) to catch all mail being delivered without an > @ in it and to forward it to the same user at our smarthost. this reeks of > 'kluge' though, and i would really prefer a nicer solution. > > so basically what i want is a null client configuration, but that doesn't > work with any other mailers defined. > > does anyone have any ideas? > > thanks, adam. > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >