packages.debian.org & qmail (was Re: Using CVS for package development)

[Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>]

bruce@pixar.com said:
> I had problems making it work because darned qmail won't parse a full
> RFC822 address on the command line

What were you trying to achieve ? --- it might be simpler than you think.

I just discovered that most of my alias handling under qmail was drivel, and 
could be dome much more simply.

> If someone wants to spend some time on a simple mailer hack, you can
> make this work. 

If you want mail to, for instance:

  rsync@packages.debian.org

to get sent to:

  philh@debian.org

Assuming that packages.debian.org is just an alternative name for master, then 
you just need to generate a couple of lines in /var/qmail/users/assign for 
each package, like this:

=rsync:philh:952:800:/home/Debian/philh:::
+rsync-:philh:952:800:/home/Debian/philh:-::

Having to put the UID GID numbers in the file is a pain, but that can be 
avoided, with one extra ~alias file.

Cheers, Phil.



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