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Date:      Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:36:57 +0200
From:      Lars koeller <uphya001@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   How to configure sendmail user-database?
Message-ID:  <199508011136.NAA10976@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de>
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   Hello!

      I try  to use the user-database feature  of sendmail  to map my  FROM
   lines to Full.Name@host.  But the method described  in  the sendmail FAQ
   section

	How do I rewrite my From: lines to read ``First_Last@My.Domain''?

        There are a couple of ways of doing this.  This describes using
        the "user database" code.  This is still experimental, and was
        intended for a different purpose -- however, it does work
        with a bit of care.  It does require that you have the Berkeley
        "db" package installed (it won't work with DBM).

        First, create your input file.  This should have lines like:

                loginname:mailname      First_Last
                First_Last:maildrop     loginname

        Install it in (say) /etc/userdb.  Create the database:

                makemap btree /etc/userdb.db < /etc/userdb

        You can then create a config file that uses this.  You will
        have to include the following in your .mc file:

                define(confUSERDB_SPEC, /etc/userdb.db)
                FEATURE(notsticky)

      but it   didn't work. What *.mc  file  is used by  the FreeBSD-2.0.5R
   sendmail?  It's not freefall.mc i think.

       I also  try  to solve  the  problem  using the  installed  sendmail:
   'sendmail -bd -q30m -oU /etc/userdb.db' but without  success and I think
   it's not possible with only the alias mechanism. But again in detail:

   In the moment I have an alias of the following form

	lars.koeller: uphya001

      so mail send to lars.koeller arrive  uphya001 which is my login name.
   How can I achieve that the  outgoing mail also contain lars.koeller@host
   so that a reply goes to  lars.koeller and not to  uphya001? I think this
   is exactly the problem the user-database should solve!

   Who can help or has solved this problem?

   Thanks in advance

   Lars


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Lars Köller                        E-Mail: 
University of Rostock (Germany)       lars.koeller@odie.physik2.Uni-Rostock.DE
Fachbereich Physik
Universitätsplatz 3		   Phone:  +49 381/498-1665 or 498-1648
18051 Rostock                      Fax:    +49 381/498-1667

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