directing mail to the correct account

Patrick Kessen

directing mail to the correct account

« on: September 27, 1999, 05:07:33 AM »

I have a .qmail-p.kessen file containing pkessen (the local account is pkessen, the pop3 email address outside is p.kessen@lixus.com, it's polled with userid lixus010)

The mail only arrives at the pkessen account when there is a .qmail-lixus010 file with pkessen as content.

if the .qmail-lixus010 doesn't exhist the message is bounced by e-smith.
why doesn't qmail use the To: line for routing mail to local accounts?

I also have several mail aliases on the outside, p.kessen@worldmail.nl, j.kessen@worldmail.nl, duckdude@worldmail.nl

I have .qmail files for them.

.qmail-p.kessen
containing pkessen

.qmail-j.kessen
containing jkessen

.qmail-duckdude
containing pkessen

When fetchmail has polled mail the received mail looks like:

Return-Path:

Delivered-To:
pkessen@startrek.home
Received:
(qmail 3053 invoked by alias); 26 Sep 1999 23:55:19 -0000
Delivered-To:
lixus010@startrek.home
Received:
(qmail 3050 invoked from network); 26 Sep 1999 23:55:19 -0000
Received:
from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by 127.0.0.1 with SMTP; 26 Sep 1999 23:55:19
-0000
Received:
from pop3-5.worldonline.nl by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for
lixus010@startrek.home (multi-drop); Mon, 27 Sep 1999 01:55:19 +0200 (CEST)
Received:
from triton.worldonline.nl (triton.worldonline.nl [195.241.48.130]) by larissa.worldonline.nl
(8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA14343 for ; Mon, 27 Sep
1999 02:02:02 +0200 (MET DST)
Received:
from startrek.home (qmailr@vp201-243.worldonline.nl [195.241.201.243]) by
triton.worldonline.nl (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA22920 for ; Mon, 27
Sep 1999 01:53:22 +0200 (MET DST)
Received:
(qmail 3043 invoked from network); 26 Sep 1999 23:55:07 -0000
Received:
from unknown (HELO lixus.com) (192.168.0.11) by 192.168.0.1 with SMTP; 26 Sep 1999
23:55:07 -0000
Message-ID:
<37EEB2BE.C34425C4@lixus.com>
Date:
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 01:56:46 +0200
From:
Patrick Kessen
X-Mailer:
Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I)
X-Accept-Language:
en
MIME-Version:
1.0
To:
p.kessen@lixus.com
Subject:
test
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
Status:
U
X-Mozilla-Status:
8001
X-Mozilla-Status2:
00000000
X-UIDL:
938390119.3056.inetgw

grfg

In this case the mail was sent to p.kessen@lixus.com

when the mail is sent to j.kessen@worldmail.nl the lixus010 .qmail file has to exhist as well, otherwise the mail is bounced. The To: reference is j.kessen@worldmail.nl but the mail is still routed to the lixus010 aka pkessen account.

Heeeelp

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Charlie Brady

RE: directing mail to the correct account

« Reply #1 on: September 27, 1999, 10:06:28 AM »

Patrick Kessen wrote:
-------------------------------

> if the .qmail-lixus010 doesn't exhist the
> message is bounced by e-smith.
> why doesn't qmail use the To: line for
> routing mail to local accounts?

The To: line is usually only used by the
MTA at the sending end. Afterwards, it is only the envelope address which is used for
delivery. You would get uncontrollable email loops otherwise.

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Joseph Morrison

RE: directing mail to the correct account

« Reply #2 on: September 27, 1999, 04:19:38 PM »

Hi Patrick,

Have you tried setting the sort method in the general email settings to "Specify below" and then specify the "Sort header" as "To"?

- Joe

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Roger Wrethman

RE: directing mail to the correct account

« Reply #3 on: October 04, 1999, 11:55:49 AM »

This works for email sent directly to somebody, but fails for mailling lists.

I am having a lot of problems with mailling lists, and think it might be better to use the for header before the to header. This is the address that the message is going to, and not what the email says it is delivering to.

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