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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2001 13:16:38 +0800
From:      "Lim Seng Chor" <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my>
To:        "Sean Knox" <wintermage@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail: problems with virtual users
Message-ID:  <3B14F2B1.19722.2D8B0A9@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <OE481BiWSfQ5u7R7wD600008b63@hotmail.com>

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did u run a test like :
sendmail -v username@domain.net

did it report any errors?

On 29 May 2001, at 22:08, Sean Knox wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
>     Having some problems with Sendmail 8.11.3 and virtual users. I
> successfully set up masquerading to allow emails to
> "username@domain.net" instead of 'username@machine.domain.net'
> Unfortunately, if I set my email address in my MUA (Outlook Express in
> this example) to username@domain.net, sendmail responds with:
> 
> May 29 21:55:28 freebsd-1 sendmail[739]: f4U4tSL00739:
> ruleset=check_mail, arg1=<username@domain.net>,
> relay=username.domain.net[10.10.50.123], reject=501 5.1.8
> <username@domain.net>... Domain of sender address username@domain.net
> does not exist ----- snip
> 
> Thus, I am required to enter my email address as
> 'username@machine.domain.net' in my MUA. How do I fix this?
> Also, Ted Mittelstaedt mentions in his book that masquerading should
> only be a temporarily measure. What is a better configuration (maybe
> Ted himself can answer this one)
> 
> Regards,
> Sean Knox
> sknox@cqos.com
> 
> 
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