[NTLUG:Discuss] qmail virtual mail help please

[Shane Wickson]

On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 01:40:45PM -0500, Keith From wrote:
> ok, we are getting REALLY close.....
> in /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains:
> laiken.com:laiken001
> southwestern-av.com:swav001
> 
>  I have /home/laiken001/.qmail-info, it contains
> &laiken001 at mail.cbssolutions.com
> I have /home/swav001/.qmail-info, it contains &swav001 at mail.cbssolutions.com
> 
> THESE WORK!!!!!!!! }:-)
> 
> Now, when I added: /home/laiken001/.qmail-brian, containing
> &laiken002 at mail.cbssolutions.com
> and tried to email brian at laiken.com, this is the bounce I got back:
> ***********************************************************
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.cbssolutions.com.
> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> 
> <@laiken002 at mail.cbssolutions.com>:

This email address is malformed, obviously.  It shouldn't have the @ sign
in front of that.  So, you gotta ask, where is qmail getting it?  
Make sure you formatted the first line of .qmail-brian correctly.

If it is formatted correctly, you might try removing the & and trying 
again.  Qmail should recognize it as an email address anyway.

[snip]
> question:
> even if this had worked, how would the client have logged in to retreive
> email for brian at laiken.com
> without a user name and password?????

For all practical purposes, you can't login to retrieve mail without a 
username and password.

They have to log in as laiken002, with whatever password you assigned
that username.

Shane