sendmail: Problem with aliases

[TSch]

Hi folks,

we're using several aliases under /etc/aliases on our machines for sending mails via sendmail (AIX "mail" command).

e.g.:

errpt_admins:user1@company.de,user2@company.de

Today the administrator of our external mailserver that's receiving all the mails from the AIX boxes found out that the AIX mail command - when using an alias - not only sends the mails to user1 and user2 but also tries to send the mails to a user errpt_admins@company.de that does not exist.

Is there any way to prevent sendmail from trying to send the mail not only to the users but also to the alias ??

Regards
Thomas

 

[khalidaaa]

Use sendmail instead!

The sender of a message is not included when the sendmail command expands an alias address. For example, if amy sends a message to alias D998 and she is defined as a member of that alias, the sendmail command does not send a copy of the message to amy.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...c=/com.ibm.aix.files/doc/aixfiles/aliases.htm

Regards,
Khalid

 

[khalidaaa]

Thomas,

If you still want to use the mail command then you have to define your aliases in the .mailrc file!

To set aliases for two users and a distribution list that includes several users, enter the following in your .mailrc file: 

alias george george@thor.valhalla.dbm.comm
alias bill @odin.UUCP:@depta.UCCP:@deptb:bill@deptc
alias mygroup amy@cleo george bill
To send mail to user bill using his alias, enter: 

mail bill
To send mail to everyone in the mygroup list, enter: 

mail mygroup
When you complete and send the message, the mail command actually addresses it as follows: 

amy@cleo george@thor.valhalla.dbm.comm @odin.UUCP:@depta.UCCP:
@deptb:bill@deptc

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...ic=/com.ibm.aix.files/doc/aixfiles/mailrc.htm

Regards,
Khalid