EMAIL ADDRESSES ON THE CAT SYSTEM.
SYSADMIN:
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root @ cat.org.au --> postmaster @ cat.org.au
webmaster @ cat.org.au --> postmaster @ cat.org.au
mailer-daemon @ cat.org.au --> postmaster @ cat.org.au
postmaster @ cat.org.au ---> mini list (multiple lines in /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster ) to cat volunteers.
COLLECTIVE:
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www @ cat.org.au --> cat @ cat.org.au
cat @ cat.org.au -->
the user cat is now checked by somebody logging in a checking that mail on command line with pine or mutt or something.
GEEK DETAILS ABOUT THE ABOVE CONFIGURATIONS:
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SYSADMIN
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the root user's email address is defined in by the /var/qmail/users/assign file
to be controlled by the /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster file (a "dotfile")
if you look in the above 'assign' file, you can see that it also defines
anonymous@cat , hostmaster@cat, mailer-daemon@cat as being the controlled by postmaster.
HINT: $ man dot-qfiles
for instruction on the format of qmail dotfiles ie .qmail-username
COLLECTIVE:
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the 'www' alias is defined in old style (sendmail) /etc/aliases file
remember : run newaliases if you modify /etc/aliases
(man newaliases)
andy (at) cat.org.au
