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From: "Dan Bikle" <dan.bikle@gmail.com>
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Subject: [FreeBSD] Incoming mail configuration; catch-all e-mail account;
	virtusertable
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People,

I want to configure sendmail for incoming mail.

I want to funnel all mail destined for a specific domain to a catchall
account.

On my FreeBSD 5.3 box I looked in /etc/mail/

I found this file:

/etc/mail/virtusertable.sample

and studied it.

I made this file:

/etc/mail/virtusertable

I put 1 line in it:

@mydomain.com   catchall

I want ...
any mail sent to @mydomain.com
to land here /var/mail/catchall

I assume I am using the right syntax; true?

Anyway, I bounced sendmail with the Makefile I
found in /etc/mail

When I send mail to spam@mydomain.com
the mail just ends up in the dead.letter file
of the sender.

When I send mail to a valid user, the mail
does get delivered to the right file in /var/mail/

So, how do I setup a catchall mail account?

I sense that I'm supposed to do this via
/etc/mail/virtusertable

but maybe I'm putting in the wrong syntax or
I need to configure some other file.

If you have any tips for me,
please send them to me.

Thanks,
-Dan