Hello all...
Sorry for the delay in summarizing... I've been swamped.
I had written:
>
> I've seen lots of inquiries regarding the First.Last@site.blah on
> sun-managers over the past months, but never saw anyone ask
> simply "How do you set this up?" I know Sun does their addressing
> that way, and I'd like to set it up here. it seems all the questions
> about this on sun-managers refers to "I have it here, but it's
> not working right". I just wanna know how to set it up initially...
> then I'll ask all those "it doesn't work right" questions! :-) :-)
>
> Simple question: How do I set my site up for First.Last@site.blah?
>
> If it's in the FAQ, my apoligies. I didn't see it in the last one
> I received.
I got many responses... with alot being "please let me know what you
find out". A few people sent the following, which I haven't had time
to try, but hope to in the near future:
The rule added right after S22:
S22
R$- $:$>3${Z$1$} user
...
The /var/yp/Makefile changes at aliases.time:
...
rm $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/mail.aliases;
#
# Build my own mail.byaddr wiping out existing mail.byaddr
#
@(egrep '^[A-Z][a-z]*\.[A-Z][a-z]*:' $(DIR)/aliases $(CHKPIPE))\
|( sed -e 's/:/ /' -e 's/@themailhost//' -e 's/,/ /' $(CHKPIPE))\
|( awk '{print $$2,$$1}' $(CHKPIPE))\
| $(MAKEDBM) - $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/mail.byaddr;
#
...
The aliases file:
joe: joe@themailhost
Joe.Smith: joe@themailhost
sue: sue@herclient
Sue.Allen: sue@herclient, sue@elsewhere
The mail.byaddr built from aliases file:
Key Value
--- -----
joe Joe.Smith
sue@herclient Sue.Allen
Unfortunately, my mailhost a) doesn't run NIS, and b) isn't a Sun (it
is a DEC running Ultrix). Plus I couldn't find Rule S22 in either my
mailhost's sendmail.cf nor in any of my Sun's sendmails. But when I
find the time, I'll see what I can do. At least this is something for
me to start with.
A couple of people suggested using Sendmail+IDA. I haven't looked
into this either.
Thank to all who responded to me:
bsmart@verdix.com
Jason.Hargis@PII.COM (Jason Hargis)
Andrew@sdsu.edu (Andrew Scherpbier)
rogerh@dynamis.bc.ca (Roger Harmston)
wojsyl1@appli.mimuw.edu.pl (Wojtek Sylwestrzak)
Ian Johnston <IJohnston@cmutual.com.au>
eckhard@ts.go.dlr.de (Eckhard Rueggeberg)
farrell@mr.med.ge.com (Brian Farrell 4-6531 MRCE)
<Steve.Johnson@math.tamu.edu
Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)
ericb@telecnnct.com (Eric Burger)
steve@avalon.Dartmouth.EDU
derekt@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Derek Terveer)
eeikhey@eeiua.ericsson.se (Kevin Heagney)
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