To deliver joe.bloggs.sa... at example.com to joe.blo... at example.com and s.... at example.com do this: in /etc/mail/local-host-names: example.com in /etc/mail/virtusertable joe.bloggs.sa..... at example.com joe.bloggs s.... at example.com alternate-email-address-or-username-on-this-box-of-"s.... at example.com" in /etc/aliases joe.bloggs: joebloggs-mailbox-name-here-or-other-email-address, s.... at example.com you can combine the virtusertable entry and the alias part for the s.... at example.com into one entry... as follows if you prefer remove the s.... at example.com alternate-email-address-or-username-on-this-box-of-"s.... at example.com" from /etc/mail.virtusertable and modify /etc/aliases line as follows: joe.bloggs: joebloggs-mailbox-name-here-or-other-email-address, alternate-email-address-or-username-on-this-box-of-"s.... at example.com" if you want a catchall, in /etc/mail/virtusertable @example.com catchall-alias-name-username-or-alternate-email-address if you want to re-write in /etc/mail/virtusertable @somewhereelse.com %1 at example.com but in this latter case somewhereelse.com must be listed in /etc/mail/local-host-names as well. Hope this gives you a starting point 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos