Message-Id: <m10RiHV-000I7qC@enhanced.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:05:09 -0500 (EST)
From:  <camm@enhanced.com>
Subject: smail: New smail won't accept aliases pointing to local host
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
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Package: smail
Version: 3.2.0.102-1

We have an NIS alias database, directing various users' mail to different
machines.  Here is the correct output of smail under Debian 2.0 when
examined with mail -v:

intech5:~$ echo test | mail -v camm
write_log:Received FROM:camm PROGRAM:send-mail SIZE:74
director aliases: matched camm, aliased to camm@intech5.enhanced.com, 
  owner postmaster
    directed camm@(no-parent-target) --> camm@intech5.enhanced.com
director aliases: matched camm, aliased to camm@intech5.enhanced.com, 
  owner postmaster
    directed camm@intech5.enhanced.com --> camm@intech5.enhanced.com ... match localhost, pass camm to next director
director user matched user camm
transport local uses driver appendfile
  appendfile: write to file /var/spool/mail/camm
write_log:Delivered TO:camm ORIG-TO:camm DIRECTOR:user TRANSPORT:local
write_log:Completed.


Here is what happens now with Debian 2.1:

intech8:~$ echo test | mail -v marie@intech8.enhanced.com
write_log:Received FROM:camm PROGRAM:send-mail SIZE:118
director aliases: matched marie, aliased to marie@intech8.enhanced.com, 
  owner postmaster
    directed marie@(no-parent-target) --> marie@intech8.enhanced.com
marie@intech8.enhanced.com: has already been seen -- skipping.
write_log:no valid recipients were found for this message
write_log:Completed.

Looking through the change log, this seems to pertain to the following:

	- Duplicate addresses are now checked for in two stages -- first
	as literal duplicates without parsing right down to the mailbox,
	and then secondly after directing and routing is done by target
	address and transport name.  This once and for all fixes the
	problem where virtual hosts using the directors domains
	attribute (for example) could not receive copies of messages
	that were also delivered to local users with the same mailbox
	name.

Thanks for your contributions to Debian!


-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.1
Kernel Version: Linux intech8 2.0.34 #1 Fri Jun 26 08:34:08 EDT 1998 i486 unknown

Versions of the packages smail depends on:
ii  libc6           2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries
ii  libident        0.21-7         simple RFC1413 client library - runtime
ii  cron            3.0pl1-50      management of regular background processing
ii  util-linux      2.9g-6         Miscellaneous system utilities.

--- Begin /etc/aliases (modified conffile)
postmaster: root
root: camm
daemon: root
bin: root
sys: root
sync: root
games: root
man: root
lp: root
mail: root
news: root
uucp: root
proxy: root
gnats: root
majordom: root
postgres: root
backup: root
dos: root
operator: root
list: root
irc: root
mailer-daemon: postmaster
--- End /etc/aliases

--- Begin /etc/smail/transports (modified conffile)
local:	driver=appendfile, from, local, inet, return_path, unix_from_hack;
	append_as_user, check_user, file=/var/spool/mail/${lc:strip:user},
	group=mail, mode=0660, notify_comsat, suffix="\n"
smtp:	driver=tcpsmtp, max_addrs=100, -max_chars, inet;
	use_bind, defer_no_connect, -local_mx_okay, defnames
uux:	driver=pipe, uucp, from, max_addrs=5, max_chars=200;
	cmd="/usr/bin/uux - -r $host!rmail $(($user)$)",
	pipe_as_sender, log_output
pipe:	driver=pipe, from, local, inet, return_path, unix_from_hack;
	cmd="/bin/sh -c $user", -ignore_status, -ignore_write_errors,
	log_output, parent_env, pipe_as_user, umask=0077
file:	driver=appendfile, from, local, return_path, unix_from_hack;
	append_as_user, file=$user, expand_user,
	mode=0660, suffix="\n"

--- End /etc/smail/transports

--- Begin /etc/smail/directors (modified conffile)
aliases:
	driver=aliasfile, owner=postmaster, sender_okay;
 	file=mail.aliases, proto=yp,
	modemask=002, owners=root:mail:daemon, owngroups=root:mail:daemon
dotforward:
	driver=forwardfile, owner=postmaster, nobody, sender_okay;
	file=~/.forward,
	checkowner, modemask=022, owners=root,
	unsecure=0-99:~ftp:~uucp:/tmp:/var/tmp,
user:
	driver=user;
	transport=local
real_user:
	driver=user;
	transport=local,
	prefix=real-
lists:
	driver=forwardfile, sender_okay, owner=owner-$user,
        caution, nobody;
	file=lists/${lc:user}

--- End /etc/smail/directors

--- Begin /etc/smail/routers (modified conffile)
inet_addrs:
	driver=gethostbyaddr, transport=smtp;
	check_for_local, fail_if_error
inet_hosts:
	driver=bind, transport=smtp;
	defer_no_connect, -local_mx_okay, defnames,
	ignore_domains=uucp:bitnet,
	widen_domains="enhanced.com:fla.enhanced.com:m.enhanced.com"

--- End /etc/smail/routers

--- Begin /etc/smail/config (modified conffile)
visible_name=enhanced.com
-domains
hostnames=intech8.enhanced.com:enhanced.com
max_load_ave=5
smtp_accept_max=20
smtp_accept_queue=10
rfc1413_query_timeout=15
require_configs
-second_config_file
-qualify_file
-retry_file
copying_file=/usr/doc/smail/copyright
max_message_size=10M
message_id_field="Message-Id: <$message_id@$visible_name>"
received_field="Received: \
    by $visible_name\n\t\
    ${if def:sender_proto: with $sender_proto }\
    ${if def:ident_sender:(ident $ident_sender using $ident_method) }\
    id $message_id\n\t\
    (Debian $version_string); $spool_date"

--- End /etc/smail/config