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Re: mail addressing question
> I am trying to set up a mail server that will deliver to people based on
> firstname.lastname@xxx.com. Is there any place that sombody can point me
> to that gives a descripton of how to do this.
> So far my best guess is to just create aliases to login accounts that may
> not have long.names.
It is available by using "fullnamemap" mapping feature,
which at the current proto/cf/ -files is done as NDBM
mapping from MAILSHARE/db/fullnames(.dir|.pag) -files.
Essentially it contains lowercased full.name -> unixaccount
mapping. It is separate from aliases mechanism, though!
> P.S. I have just asked to be subscribed to the list so I would appreciate
> if people CC'd me directly in the response.
>
> TIA
>
> Alvin Starr || voice: (416)493-3325
> Interlink Connectivity || fax: (416)493-7974
> alvin@iplink.net ||
/Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>