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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 4d94087d..0988429c 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#M3">M3. I tried to run a mailing list using multidrop, and I have a mail loop!</a><br> <a href="#M4">M4. My multidrop fetchmail seems to be having DNS problems.</a><br> <a href="#M5">M5. I'm seeing long DNS delays before each message is processed.</a><br> +<a href="#M6">M6. How do I get multidrop mode to work with majordomo?</a> <h1>Mangled mail:</h1> @@ -948,9 +949,9 @@ things: <p> <strong>1. You've actually set up your .fetchmailrc entry to invoke multidrop mode.</strong><p> -Many people set a `<CODE>localdomains</CODE>' list and then forget that fetchmail -wants to see more than one name (or the wildcard `*') in a `<CODE>here</CODE>' list -before it will do multidrop routing.<p> +Many people set a `<CODE>localdomains</CODE>' list and then forget +that fetchmail wants to see more than one name (or the wildcard `*') +in a `<CODE>here</CODE>' list before it will do multidrop routing.<p> <strong>2. You may have to set `no envelope'.</strong><p> @@ -1002,6 +1003,58 @@ Sometimes delays are unavoidable. Some SMTP listeners try to call DNS on the From-address hostname as a way of checking that the address is valid.<p> <hr> +<h2><a name="M6">M6. How do I get multidrop mode to work with majordomo?</a></h2> + +In order for sendmail to execute the command strings in the majordomo +alias file, it is necessary for sendmail to think that the mail it +receives via SMTP really is destined for a local user name. A normal +virtual-domain setup results in delivery to the default mailbox, +rather than expansion through majordomo.<P> + +Michael <michael@bizsystems.com> gave us a recipe for dealing +with this case that pairs a run control file like this:<P> + +<pre> +poll your.pop3.server proto pop3: + no envelope no dns + localdomains virtual.localdomain1.com virtual.localdomain2.com ... + user yourISPusername is root * here, + password yourISPpassword fetchall +</pre> + +with a hack on your local sendmail.cf like this:<P> + +<pre> +############################################# +# virtual info, local hack for ruleset 98 # +############################################# + +# domains to treat as direct mapped local domain + +CVvirtual.localdomain1.com virtual.localdomain2.com ... +--------------------------- +in ruleset 98 add +------------------------- +# handle virtual users + +R$+ <@ $=V . > $: $1 < @ $j . > +R< @ > $+ < @ $=V . > $: $1 < @ $j . > +R< @ > $+ $: $1 +R< error : $- $+ > $* $#error $@ $1 $: $2 +R< $+ > $+ < @ $+ > $: $>97 $1 +</pre> + +This ruleset just strips virtual domain names off the addresses of incoming +mail. Your sendmail must be 8.8 or newer for this to work. Michael +says:<P> + +<BLOCKQUOTE> +I use this scheme with 2 virtual domains and the default ISP +user+domain and service about 30 mail accounts + majordomo on my +inside pop3 server with fetchmail and sendmail 8.83<P> +</BLOCKQUOTE> + +<hr> <h2><a name="X1">X1. Why is fetched mail being logged with my name, not the real From address?</a></h2> Because logging is done based on the address indicated by the sending @@ -1135,7 +1188,7 @@ biff n to solve the problem system-wide.<P> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.44 1997/07/08 03:23:25 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.45 1997/07/08 20:36:18 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |