> I don't think there's a software bug here. > The system is behaving exactly as you configured it to: > it can expand the alias but not deliver the mail.
i don't think there's a bug either. i had intended the original email to be an illustration of what not to do and why. it is a little bit problematic, however, when smtp ping believes that successful alias expantion is the same thing as deliverability. send does take the edge off by checking that /mail/box/$boxname exists. the orginal problem i was looking at was the fact that smtp ping was succeeding for unwritable mail boxes. i had thought that removing the write bits would disable a mail box. it seems like it would be better if send -x would finish the job and verifiy deliverability or just expand aliases and leave the question of deliverability to someone else. - erik
