* Jeff Hedlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-29 16:35]:
> Alex Pleiner wrote:
> >I had problems with the following setup:
> >Two POP3 Accounts [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a file .qmail-foo
> >with:
> >/home/vpopmail/domains/test.com/foo/Maildir/
> >/home/vpopmail/domains/test.com/bar/Maildir/
> >Worked like a charm. alias2forward.pl changed it to:
> >&[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >&[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Now deliveries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] fail (looping).
> >This problem can be solved but could break existing systems.
> Yes, it would break existing systems that have an alias that matches an
> existing account. The new interface would not have allowed an alias of
> "foo" if an account already existed with the name "foo". I'm surprised
> that older versions allowed this. (or did you create that alias by hand?)
Well, good question. As I created this file some centuries ago, I can't
remember. But "by hand" seems reasonable.
> It may be possible for someone to patch alias2forward.pl to check for
> existing accounts and compare that to the alias and give an warning
> message to fix that by hand.
Maybe a warning in the README file should do as well.
> Jeff
Alex
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