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From: Chris Green (chris_at_areti.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 13:51:38 CST

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    On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 07:39:11PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
    > I assumed multiple levels of forwarding are allowed in the aliases file
    > but I can't make it work.
    >
    > I.e. I have an entry:-
    >
    > root: chrisserver.isbd.co.uk
    >
    > This works in the sense that mail sent explicitly to 'root' gets sent
    > to me on server.isbd.co.uk, so far so good.
    >
    > However there are lots of entries already in the aliases file that
    > redirect mail from various places to 'root'. These still get sent to
    > 'root' rather than to me.
    >
    > Currently I have the above entry at the top of the aliases file having
    > (I think) tried it at the bottom as well.
    >
    Oops, sorry, I've fixed it myself. It was due to a discrepancy (or an
    inconsistency anyway) between myhostname and mydestination. 

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Chris Green (chrisareti.co.uk)