[CentOS] Adding/Removing Headers with Sendmail

You can duplicate emails by extensive use of the /etc/mail/aliases

For example:

in /etc/mail/virtusertable

joe.bloggs at example.com            aliasenamehere


in /etc/aliases

aliasenamehere:                  emailaddress1, emailaddress2, 
usrename1, username2

You can even have overlapping alias and usernames if you want to, the 
alias takes precedence

for example:
in /etc/mail/virtusertable

joe.bloggs at example.com           joebloggs

in /etc/aliases

joebloggs:                  joebloggs, emailaddress2, usrename1, username2

In this second example the joebloggs in the virtusertable is interpreted 
as the alias by sendmail
In /etc/aliases, the "joebloggs:" part is interpreted as the alias 
referred to by the virtusertable and the "joebloggs," is interpreted as 
the username

Regards

Pete


Romeo Ninov wrote:

> My personal opinion is what you want can have in some cases 
> unpredictable results, so I propose you to use only some kind of list 
> managers (as listar for example)
>
> Lee W wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I posted this query a few weeks ago but never received a response. 
>> I'm guessing that I didn't put things right, so here is another go.
>>
>> The company that I work for currently has email addresses in the 
>> format of:-
>>
>> firstname.surname.ext at example.com
>>
>> Which we use for various marketing campaigns (therefore the .ext bit is
>> variable).
>>
>> Currently we have this setup as distribution lists with exchange  so
>> that any email that goes to this addressess goes both to the sales
>> person and to a catch all mailbox which is then input into our systems.
>>
>> I was wondering if it would be possible so that when an email is
>> received to this format of address it automatically determines where to
>> send it as follows
>>
>> An email comes into joe.bloggs.sa... at example.com this then gets split so
>> that it is delivered to joe.blo... at example.com and also 
>> s... at example.com.
>>
>> I think that i have figured out how to rewrite to the second address but
>>  how can I get it to send it to the new address as well.  I was hoping
>> there would be a way of doing this automatically so that we don't have
>> to setup these addresses for every new starter and they apply on a
>> global basis.
>>
>> Hopefully that explains better what I am after.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Lee
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