Re: Question regarding - in aliases.

[Greg Moeller <gkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:01:50PM -0500, Greg Moeller wrote:
> 
This thread had to do with trying to get qmail to use the alias mech with an 
address with a - in it. (nip-nt) when the user nip already existed.
The qmail-users mech also didn't work.
> > 
> I actually has all that and still no joy.
> 
> I found out the . line when newu didn't do anything useful.
> I just tried it again, exactly as you put it, and the exact same thing.
> 
> It just doesn't like me.  :)
My final 'solution' was to attack qmail-getpw and simplify it greatly.
It takes local, checks the passwd file, and returns yes or no.  That's it, no 
checking for dashes, or extensions.  So, nice and simple, nip-nt isn't a user 
and it's passed to the alias mech.

I know this isn't really a preferable solution, but I'd spent all day on it 
and wanted it working.  :)
(and yes, it now does what it's supposed to)

Greg