Sendmail (probly FAQish)

[kwall@kurtwerks.com]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 06:25:28PM -0500, Tim Wunder wrote:
> I have an incoming alias in sendmail so that mail to tim at thewunders.org gets 
> sent to my local username's mailbox (dad) using /etc/mail/genericstable. 
> Unfortunately, it seems that mail sent locally doesn't follow the alias. If I 
> my wife sends mail to tim at thewunders.org, it doesn't go. If she sends it to 
> dad at thewunders.org, it goes. Why would this be and how do I fix it?
> I'm using sendmail that came with RH 8, 8.12.5, and kmail 1.4.3 (KDE 3.0.5).
> Is it as simple as setting up the alias in /etc/aliases?

I think so. In fact, I think you can forego the genericstable altogether
and just use the alias file. Don't forget to run newaliases and to restart
Sendmail.

Kurt
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