I've tried with no success to use an alias for the tmda transaction, to
shield the unix username from exposure to the internet.  Now, I've went
through and read the FAQ, and searched the mailing list.  I've seen some
somewhat dated discussion on this not working for sendmail aliases.  I am
wondering if there are any new developments on getting this working, or if I
can get this working using Postfix.  I would really love to get this working
somehow, someway.

Below are some of the other messages I had posted about what I was trying to
do.

Thanks for any assistance any of you might be able to provide!
Frank

On 10/29/03 5:50 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:02:45 -0600
From: "F. Even" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: using a different "confirm_address" does not work
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Is this possible?  This is how I would really like to set this up...but it
does not seem to work.  It works up until someone tries to confirm the
address generated from the alias I used in the "CONFIRM_ADDRESS" section.
Do I need to generate a different crypt_key or something?  ..or is this
simply not possible?

On 10/27/03 7:02 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Message: 9
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:02:07 -0600
From: "F. Even" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: using a different "confirm_address" does not work
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

OK, I have a FreeBSD box running postfix and TMDA.

What I want is to use an alias for the TMDA challenge/response, and not the
account name itself.  I want the confirmation message going out without
using the unix account name.

Here is what I have tried:

USERNAME = "fhe"
HOSTNAME = "elitists.org"
FULLNAME = "F. Even"
MESSAGE_FROM_STYLE = "angles"
CONFIRM_ADDRESS = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Now...the unix account name itself is something completely different, lets
call it "acctname."

Now, first of all, when the confirmation message, the message does not send
out using the "USERNAME" I have specified, but the unix acctname.  Yet, the
message is sent w/ the correct "FULLNAME" and "MESSAGE_FROM_STYLE."  Now,
when someone tries to confirm their message w/ the above config, it also
fails.  

Someone sends me a message, they will get the confirmation request from the
"CONFIRM_ADDRESS" above, yet when they go to confirm, they will get a
response which is another confirmation request.  Now if I comment out the
"CONFIRM_ADDRESS" above and let tmda create the confirmation address using
the local unix "acctname," it then works.

The "CONFIRM_ADDRESS" above is an alias pointing to "acctname."  Is there
any particular reason why this does not work?

Thanks for any assistance you guys can provide.

Frank


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