I replaced the commas by a space in my list of host aliases and that fixed the
problem. Thanks for your responses.
Clifford.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Daniel Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 16:53:40 -0400
>Jason,
>
>A 'full address' is always better than just a username, in the definition of
>an Alias.
>
>As a matter of fact, under some conditions (like DNS maybe not working
>correctly or not available, like in an intranet) I would even go so far as
>to recommend the address be in the form: [EMAIL PROTECTED], where
>machine.domain.name, is that used by IMail for the 'Official Host Name',
>just to be most explicit. This way IMail will be sure to find the 'correct'
>user in the 'correct' domain. Although if you have only one domain, you can
>get away with just the username, if all other things are correct (the
>computers and IMail's configurations and with a fully functional and correct
>DNS and HOSTS file). This does not mean that the shorter @domain.name form
>cannot be used, just that when one is having troubles, it is always better
>to be as explicit and correct, as possible.
>
>Since Clifford seems to be a newbie and has lots of rather routine
>questions, I think he would be helped by using the KnowledgeBase and
>checking the manual. Might get his answers much faster than waiting for us
>to answer.
>
>Daniel Donnelly
>________________________________________________________
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jason Weatherhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 2:24 PM
>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum]
>
>
>> I believe in an alias that you do not put the fully qualified address
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather just the username. Clifford
>>
>> Jason Weatherhead
>> Airswitch
>> Network Systems Engineer
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:04 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
>>
>>
>> > Aliases don't seem to be working for me. I am trying to create an
>> > alias clw for my email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] For alias
>> > creation, I type clw as the alias and [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the
>> > destination but when people email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't receive
>> >the email. Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong?
>>
>> I can't, but you probably can.
>>
>> Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at the SYS1003.TXT file.
>> See what information is in there regarding the E-mail. If you can't
>figure
>> it out, you can post a snippet here and we can help.
>> -Scott
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