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#! rnews 2582 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!gatech!news.akorn.net!not-for-mail From: "Kevin D. Sellars" <kevin@akorn.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Virtual Domain Sendmail problem Date: 8 Nov 1996 04:58:26 GMT Organization: Akorn Access Lines: 69 Message-ID: <01bbcd96$4c544440$1364d9cd@kevin.akorn.net> References: <01bbc75d$4d085be0$d16ffea5@mel.vrtx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.217.100.19 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 This is what I entered into my .mc file: LOCAL_CONFIG Kmaildomains hash /etc/out.db LOCAL_RULE_0 R$+ < @ $+ . > $: $1 < @ $2 > . R$+ < @ $+ > $* $: $(maildomains $1@$2 $: $1 < @ $2 > $3 $) R$+ < @ $+ > $* $: $(maildomains $2 $: $1 < @ $2 > $3 $) R$+ < @ $+ > . $: $1 < @ $2 . > Then I create a sendmail.db file that has the following: joeblow@hisdomain.com joeblow@his_valid_email_address.com then I issue this command to write it into the out.db: /usr/local/src/mail/sendmail-8.7.3/makemap/makemap hash /etc/out < /home/kevin/mailshit/se ndmail.db Make sure you add the following to the mailertable if you run one: hisdomain.com local:[your_domain.com] This will allow you to redirect info@hisdomain.com and maintain your own... Kevin Mel Nurse <mel@netspeek.com> wrote in article <01bbc75d$4d085be0$d16ffea5@mel.vrtx.com>... > Hi there, > I am running BSDI 2.1. I have configured a virtual domain for one of my > clients. His Web page sits on my server and can be accessed from the net > using www.hisdomain.com. > > I have a problem with my sendmail configuration however. I created a new > .mc file and generated the new sendmail.cf file(after saving the original > file). > > The new .mc file contains the entries: > > Cw hisdomain.com > > and in the LOCAL_RULE_0 section: > R$+ <@ hisdomain.com> $#local $:$1.fund > > the /etc/aliases file has the following lines added to the bottom of the > file: > MAILER-DAEMON.fund: postmaster.fund > postmaster.fund: root.fund > webmaster.fund: root.fund > hostmaster.fund: root.fund > sales.fund: root.fund > root.fund: hisname > > where hisname is a valid user-id on my server. > > When I execute the "newaliases" command, I get infinite loop errors. > > Can someone give me a reason for this problem. I am almost sure I followed > all the steps outlined in the BSDI manual. > > Hope someone can shed some light on this. > > Regards, > Mel O'Neil Nurse > President, > NeTSPEEK, Inc. >