Hi
Currently im trying to configure cache for my domain terminal.com .Any unknown account of terminal.com domain mail to forward to catchall@terminal.com

Any help regarding catchall configuration

Hi,

You need to add in /etc/mail/virtusertable all existent accounts in that domain first and then a wildcard email address:
Then rebuild the virtusertable:
Regards

Hi bathory ,
thanks for ur reply

These the link i had followed for configuring sendmail

http://www.shootthiscomputer.com/edu/sendmailubuntu/


But im using ubuntu distro 10.04lucid
#apt-get install sendmail


But i could int find any virtusertable in my /etc/mail folder


root@dinesh-desktop:~# clear

root@dinesh-desktop:~# cd /etc/mail
root@dinesh-desktop:/etc/mail# ls
access local-host-names sendmail.cf.old submit.cf
access.db m4 sendmail.conf submit.cf.old
address.resolve Makefile sendmail.mc submit.mc
aliases peers service.switch tls
aliases.db sasl service.switch-nodns trusted-users
databases sendmail.cf smrsh
helpfile sendmail.cf.errors spamassassin
root@dinesh-desktop:/etc/mail#

vi /usr/share/sendmail/examples/db/virtusertable

# Address rewrites for incomming mail
# user@realdomain (must be in $w) localuser (may be an alias)
# info@foo.com foo-info
# info@bar.com bar-info
# @baz.org jane@elsewhere.net
# @foo.org %1@elsewhere.com
# @bar.org error:nouser User unknown
@terminal.com catchall@terminal.com


Apr 21 15:32:35 dinesh-desktop sm-mta[11729]: q3L9jbpJ009947: to=<aer@terminal.com>, ctladdr=<root@localhost.localdomain> (0/0), delay=00:16:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=300355, relay=terminal.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with terminal.com.
Apr 21 15:42:35 dinesh-desktop sm-mta[12020]: q3L9hcRj009793: to=<s@terminal.com>, ctladdr=<root@localhost.localdomain> (0/0), delay=00:28:57, xdelay=00:00:42, mailer=esmtp, pri=390350, relay=terminal.com. [203.27.227.85], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with terminal.com.
Apr 21 15:42:35 dinesh-desktop sm-mta[12020]: q3L9jbpJ009947: to=<aer@terminal.com>, ctladdr=<root@localhost.localdomain> (0/0), delay=00:26:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=390355, relay=terminal.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with terminal.com.~
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Hi,

If it doesn't exist, you can create it, or copy the example /usr/share/sendmail/examples/db/virtusertable.
And don't forget to recreate the virtusertable database, or it's not going to work. So after editing /etc/mail/virtusertable, run:
Regards

Hi
Sill catch is int working for me .Another other configuration i have to modify to make catch working .

root@dinesh-desktop:~# cat /etc/mail/virtusertable
# Address rewrites for incomming mail
# user@realdomain (must be in $w) localuser (may be an alias)
# info@foo.com foo-info
# info@bar.com bar-info
# @baz.org jane@elsewhere.net
# @foo.org %1@elsewhere.com
# @bar.org error:nouser User unknown
@beetel.etl.com catchall@beetel.etl.com

root@dinesh-desktop:~# service sendmail restart
* Restarting Mail Transport Agent (MTA) sendmail [ OK ]
root@dinesh-desktop:~# service sendmail restart * Restarting Mail Transport Agent (MTA) sendmail [ OK ]
^C
root@dinesh-desktop:~# su - designer
No directory, logging in with HOME=/
$ bash
designer@beetel:/$ mail
"/var/mail/designer": 15 messages 1 new 14 unread
U 1 root Mon Apr 23 18:47 18/659 TEST
U 2 root Mon Apr 23 18:47 17/633 test
U 3 root Mon Apr 23 18:47 17/635 Mailer
U 4 root Mon Apr 23 18:48 17/608 mailers
U 5 root Mon Apr 23 18:49 17/607 Sanjay
U 6 root Mon Apr 23 18:59 17/605 test
U 7 root Mon Apr 23 19:02 17/607 test
U 8 root Mon Apr 23 19:02 17/611 saravana
U 9 root Mon Apr 23 19:10 17/607 Tester
U 10 root Mon Apr 23 19:18 17/606 Mail
U 11 root Mon Apr 23 19:27 17/610 testmail
U 12 root Mon Apr 23 20:29 17/606 Mail
U 13 root Mon Apr 23 21:27 17/611 mail
U 14 root Mon Apr 23 21:31 17/612 mailers
>N 15 root Mon Apr 23 21:34 15/590 CATCHALL
? ^CInterrupt
?
Held 15 messages in /var/mail/designer
designer@beetel:/$ exit
you have mail
$ ^X-su: : not found
$

Quote:

root@dinesh-desktop:~# su - catchall No directory, logging in with HOME=/ $ bash catchall@beetel:/$ mail No mail for catchall catchall@beetel:/$

Huh, what is the output of the following:
BTW there is no need to restart sendmail if you rebuild the virtusertable database.

root@dinesh-desktop:~# sendmail -bv catchall@beetel.etl.com
catchall@beetel.etl.com... deliverable: mailer local, user catchall

From the above it's obvious that this is a local user, but if virtusertable was woarking mail for that user should also go to the catchall address.

And from this, that the catchall address is not working. Maybe for ubuntu you have to run just "make" instead of "makemap ..." as it's stated here