question on virtusertable - sendmail

[John Nielsen]

On Friday 24 November 2006 15:18, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2006-11-24 15:04, David Banning 
<david+dated+1164830658.2933e3 at skytracker.ca> wrote:
> >> @domain.com		bounce
> >>
> >> You can define "bounce" in /etc/mail/aliases, or just leave it
> >> undefined (since it will probably bounce anyway).
> >
> > I am looking at my /etc/mail/aliases
> >
> > how would I define bounce?
> >
> > I know I could simple send it to /dev/null, but I want it to bounce
> > back to the sender with a "no such user" error.
>
> How about bouncing from inside `virtusertable' itself?
>
>     alpha at domain.com               alpha
>     beta at domain.com                beta
>     @domain.com                    error:nouser 550 No such user here
>
> I think this is the cleanest way to do something like the setup you
> described, since all the relevant information is kept closely packed
> together in `virtusertable' itself.

I thought there should be a better way than what I described. With this 
approach you don't necessarily need a catchall entry. Just let the mail 
flow through for everyone except exceptions listed in virtusertable.

JN