CentOS - Jan 2010 - sendmail alias

Hi,

how are mails forwarded, if I do have the same alias pointing to two
different users like this (two entries, two lines):

bon.aqua: coke
bon.aqua: pepsi

Will coke and pepsi get the mail adressed to bon.aqua or will only the
first entry get the mail?

I know, that "bon.aqua: coke, pepsi" will forward the mails to coke
and
pepsi,


Cheers,

	G?tz
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 02:39:37PM +0100, G?tz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator
wrote:
> how are mails forwarded, if I do have the same alias pointing to two
> different users like this (two entries, two lines):
> 
> bon.aqua: coke
> bon.aqua: pepsi
That will not work.
> Will coke and pepsi get the mail adressed to bon.aqua or will only the
> first entry get the mail?
You'll get a warning message

  $ grep testme /etc/aliases
  testme: user1
  testme: user2
  $ newaliases
  /etc/aliases: line 105: testme... Warning: duplicate alias name testme
  /etc/aliases: 80 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 812 bytes total

I think the second entry will get the mail; aliases are stored as db
or dbm files, and so only have one value per key.  Sendmail doesn't
merge keys.  (At least looking at the resulting DB file I only see
"user2" in the file).
> I know, that "bon.aqua: coke, pepsi" will forward the mails to
coke and
> pepsi,
That is the correct format.  Use it :-)

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Stephen

=?ISO-8859-15?Q?G=F6tz_Reinicke_-_IT-Koordinator?= wrote on Mon, 18 Jan 
2010 14:39:37 +0100:
> how are mails forwarded, if I do have the same alias pointing to two
> different users like this (two entries, two lines):
> 
> bon.aqua: coke
> bon.aqua: pepsi
> 
> Will coke and pepsi get the mail adressed to bon.aqua or will only the
> first entry get the mail?
Only one will get used, don't remember if the first or the last. I think 
it is the first.
> 
> I know, that "bon.aqua: coke, pepsi" will forward the mails to
coke and
> pepsi,
So, why ask? ;-)

Kai

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