Re: [rt-users] Mail Alias Setup
Hi, I need some help in understanding the line for mail alias setup. I understand that when a mail is sent to the id rt, it gets redirected to the members specified in the second column. I am not sure why this gets redirected and why the | is used in here. rt: |/etc/smrsh/rt-mailgate --queue 'general' --action correspond --url !http://rt3-host/ Thanks, Baskar N DISCLAIMER: --- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any mail and attachments please check them for viruses and defect. --- ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] Mail Alias Setup
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Baskaraganesan Natarajan banat...@hcl.inwrote: Hi, I need some help in understanding the line for mail alias setup. I understand that when a mail is sent to the id rt, it gets redirected to the members specified in the second column. I am not sure why this gets redirected and why the | is used in here. rt: |/etc/smrsh/rt-mailgate --queue 'general' --action correspond --url !http://rt3-host/ The | is a pipe. And you don't need the ! before yout http in that line. What documentation is this you are reading? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!. -- Lucky Dube ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] Mail Alias Setup
Baskaraganesan Natarajan writes: rt: |/etc/smrsh/rt-mailgate --queue 'general' --action correspond --url http://rt3-host/ Can you please explain what this line mean. I understand that “rt” is a mailer alias and any mail sent to rt in this server will be sent to user in the second column. The pipe in a UNIX shell takes the output from a program or process and sends it to be the input of another. When the second half of an alias begins with a pipe, it takes the output from sendmail (the email message) and pipes it to the command listed in the alias to be used as that program's input - in this case, the rt-mailgate program. -- Joe Hartley | Sr. Linux SysAdmin Retail Solutions, Inc. 40 Sharpe Drive Cranston, RI 02920 joe.hart...@retailsolutions.com +1 401.824.5040 (o) | +1 401.824.5002 (f) ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] Mail Alias Setup
Joe Hartley wrote: Baskaraganesan Natarajan writes: rt: |/etc/smrsh/rt-mailgate --queue 'general' --action correspond --url http://rt3-host/ Can you please explain what this line mean. I understand that “rt” is a mailer alias and any mail sent to rt in this server will be sent to user in the second column. The pipe in a UNIX shell takes the output from a program or process and sends it to be the input of another. When the second half of an alias begins with a pipe, it takes the output from sendmail (the email message) and pipes it to the command listed in the alias to be used as that program's input - in this case, the rt-mailgate program. And, depending on your mts and unix/linux distro, the man page for alias will have a paragraph explaining that in addition to aliasing one address to the other, you can also pass the email to a program by using the unix pipe | thingie. -- Joe Hartley | Sr. Linux SysAdmin Retail Solutions, Inc. 40 Sharpe Drive Cranston, RI 02920 joe.hart...@retailsolutions.com +1 401.824.5040 (o) | +1 401.824.5002 (f) ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
