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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 chem@i-p-d.com wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:28:09 +0000
> From: chem@i-p-d.com
> To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: subdomain mail for a vitual user
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have made a subdomain like sub.domain.com and they would like to
> have the E-mail-adress info@sub.domain.com. Normally I use the
> virtusertable for sendmail and have an entry like
> 
> info@domain.com         user
> 
> now when I have:
> 
> info@sub.domain.com     user
> 
> i get: user unknown when I sent a testmail.
> I have sub.domain.com in the sendmail.cw file.
> 
> When I change the entry in:
> 
> info.sub@domain.com     user
> 
> everything is working just fine.
> 
> What am I overlooking? Anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> TIA
> Gina van Zundert

IF you're sending from the local host, sendmail may be rewriting the mail
addresses on the way out.  Check what address the email is actually being
delivered to.

Aside from that, try using sendmail -bt to see what the host does with the
address.

Andrew


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