LinuxQuestions.org
Download your favorite Linux distribution at LQ ISO.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Networking
User Name
Password
Linux - Networking This forum is for any issue related to networks or networking.
Routing, network cards, OSI, etc. Anything is fair game.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 11-20-2002, 12:50 AM   #1
markus1982
Senior Member
 
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Stuttgart (Germany)
Distribution: Debian/GNU Linux
Posts: 1,467

Rep: Reputation: 46
postmaster notifies


If I allow others to send emails over my server the postmaster receives all those mail errors, now I don't care if an email I haven't send of doesn't arrive ... is it possible to send the postmaster notify to just the sender of the email and not the postmaster user on the server ?

So let's say I permit user X to relay email. Now he sends of an email with a wrong address, etc. I as the system admin don't really care about that in general and don't want to receive his postmaster notifies, how would I need to change the sendmail.mc or something other that only the user who sent the email - in this case user X receives the postmaster notify?

BTW, as MTA I'm using sendmail 8.12.5
 
Old 11-20-2002, 03:42 PM   #2
unSpawn
Moderator
 
Registered: May 2001
Posts: 29,415
Blog Entries: 55

Rep: Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600
Hmm. Isn't that in /etc/aliases?
 
Old 11-20-2002, 05:21 PM   #3
markus1982
Senior Member
 
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Stuttgart (Germany)
Distribution: Debian/GNU Linux
Posts: 1,467

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 46
I wouldn't like to disable the whole postmaster account ... I don't think that's a good idea! Just those annoying postmaster notifies. Disabling postmaster would be:

postmaster: /dev/null

in the aliases file!

Last edited by markus1982; 11-20-2002 at 05:27 PM.
 
Old 11-20-2002, 07:50 PM   #4
unSpawn
Moderator
 
Registered: May 2001
Posts: 29,415
Blog Entries: 55

Rep: Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600Reputation: 3600
Ah. OK. Round two :-]
How about "#O PostmasterCopy=Postmaster" then?
 
Old 11-21-2002, 10:40 AM   #5
markus1982
Senior Member
 
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Stuttgart (Germany)
Distribution: Debian/GNU Linux
Posts: 1,467

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 46
Nope that's also not the solution ...
Quote:
# who (if anyone) should get extra copies of error messages
#O PostmasterCopy=Postmaster
...
# where do errors that occur when sending errors get sent?
#O DoubleBounceAddress=postmaster
...
None of those is the solution!
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Signal that notifies of a directory structure change. rtaft Programming 2 12-01-2005 09:44 PM
Postmaster does not start atif-1 Linux - General 1 10-03-2005 02:48 PM
Bind slave notifies... jsheffie Linux - Networking 1 08-02-2005 06:37 PM
postmaster notification GraemeK Linux - Networking 4 03-05-2004 03:32 AM
filtering postmaster notifies markus1982 Linux - Networking 0 12-02-2002 08:03 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Networking

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:21 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration