Re: Problem with aliases

At 01:13 AM Friday, 4/28/2006, Jevos, Peter wrote -=>
>
>Thanks for your answer Ed,
>
>What is the effect when I add nobody to the end of the alias line as you
>suggest bellow ?

As I said in my first message - I can't remember exactly why.  If you 
search the archives, I am sure there will be an explanation...

>I use postfix with virtual users stored in mysql. Only majordomo aliases
>are stored in local alias table. I cannot use virtusertable.I forgot to
>describe one problem.
>I have domain @test.com. I set in my virtual alias ( according to
>http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html ) in my virtual table( or
>file, it doesn't matter )
>[email protected]         test  , and in my alias is
>
>test             "| /usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test
>test-list"
>test-list        :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test
>
>But spammers sent an email directly to [email protected] and it
>means, postfix looked directly to alias table ( not virtual table )
>I tried to use in my virtual table this;
>[email protected]   error:nouser User unknown,  and it works for
>the message to [email protected], but it doesn't work for correct
>mailing list [email protected], cause when
>[email protected] pass message to test-list ( postfix looks again to
>the virtual table ) and send message not to
>:include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test but to error:nouser User
>unknown

Did you add an entry in virtusertable for [email protected]?

I might try:
[email protected]              test
just to see if that fixes it....

But that' s just me.  Someone else who knows more about postfix and 
majordomo might know better...

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Kasky
>Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:47 PM
>To: Jevos, Peter
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Problem with aliases
>
>At 09:23 AM Thursday, 4/27/2006, you wrote -=>
>
> >Hello
> >I'd like to ask you if my aliases are correct cause I have one problem:
> >
> >owner-test      [email protected]
> >test             "| /usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test
>test-list"
>
>For security purposes (I think) you should add nobody to the end of this
>line:
>/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test test-list,nobody
>
> >test-request    "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper request-answer test"
> >test-approval    [email protected]
> >test-list        :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test
> >
> >In my test.config is : restrict_post=access, where access file contains
>
> >users can send to address [email protected]. But when I send email to
> >address [email protected], restrict post parameter doesn't work.
>
>This is a known issue and as a fix, add the following to your
>virtusertable and rebuild the db:
>[email protected]              error:nouser User unknown
>
>This will prevent unauthorized posting to the list.
>
>I am assuming that postfix works the same as sendmail in this respect.
>Maybe someone can correct me if I'm worn...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Randomly Generated Quote (400 of 1049):
Anything is possible on paper.
                 -- Ron McAfee