Hi, On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:44:41 -0600 Modulok <modu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> List, > > Step1: Make a new user:: > > root@localhost# pw useradd foo -m -s /bin/tcsh -h 0 > password for user foo: (secret) > > Step 2: Does sendmail know them:: > > root@modunix# sendmail -bv foo@localhost > foo@localhost... deliverable: mailer local, user foo > > # Good... > > Step 3: Make a new user with uppercase 'B':: > > root@localhost# pw useradd Bar -m -s /bin/tcsh -h 0 > password for user Bar: (secret) > > Step 4: Does sendmail know them:: > > root@modunix# sendmail -bv Bar@localhost > Bar@localhost... User unknown > > > Curious, why? I know usernames are case-sensitive, I thought emails > were too. Without fighting an epic battle with with the sendmail > configs, is there a simple way to make this work? > > The obvious answer is probably, "usernames should be lowercase!" and > for new users I'll enforce that policy. For existing users however, > who may already have lots of case-sensitive usernames in various > config files, etc this isn't a real option. By just altering their > usernames I'm afraid I'd break the whole damn universe. How can I > enable mail for them? > have you read this? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/sendmail-unable-to-find-users-22290/ Erich _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
