Re: [qmailadmin] forwards containing 'owner' not showing up

[qmailadmin user]

Andrew Crawford wrote:
When I use qmailadmin 1.2 to create a forward that contains the string
'owner', (such as 'mylist-owner') the forward gets created but it does not
render in the list of forwards displayed by qmailadmin.
when i create a forward that does not contain the string 'owner', (such as
'mylist-subscribe'), it displays fine.
I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem. I noticed it also in 1.06.

thx in advance for any feedback/advice.


Hi Andrew,

A quick grep of the source finds the answer in alias.c.

alias.c:     *  don't read files that are really ezmlm-idx listowners,
alias.c:     *  i.e. .qmail-user-owner
In an attempt to prevent conflicts with mailing list owners in ezmlm all 
email addresses that contain "-owner" are trapped.  Note that because 
all addresses are internally prefixed with .qmail even the simple 
address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" will be trapped, too.

So, I guess this a feature, not a problem :)

Mike Wright