[nylug-talk] creating qmail aliases with periods in name

[Peter C. Norton]

Periods and colons get mapped to the same space.

echo joe at user.com > var/qmail/alias/.qmail-joe:user

-Peter

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:49:09PM -0500, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> Anyone know how to create a qmail alias file that includes a period in the
> name?  Normally, I use:
> 
> echo joe at user.com > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-joe
> 
> but for some reason, if .qmail-joe is instead .qmail-joe.user, the message
> bounces as undeliverable (no such mailbox)
> 
> I'm standing in (poorly) for the primary mail admin, so my qmail skills are
> limited. :)
> 
> --kurt
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