Re: Star addressing possible?

• To: Steve Szmidt <stevesz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Star addressing possible?
• From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 09:22:45 -0400 (edt)
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On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Steve Szmidt wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm evaluating Qmail for use with a new ISP. Is it known if it supports
> star addressing? And if so how? (I.e. to support all email names under a
> domain name and forward them to a designated address on that domain. Ex.
> any-name@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> 
> The ultimate goal would be unlimited use of names as long as they belong
> to different domains, on the same server.
> 
> The obvious advantage is to allow any name to be used on the same mail
> server for domain owners regardless of it already being taken.

Do you mean if you have a number of different domains at your site, can
you handle the mail for all of 'em if they have non-unique names?  Sure.
In qmail it's referred to as virtualdomains.  Each virtualdomain is 
managed by the user of your choice.

Vince.
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