can you have more than 1 delimiter field? I setup + so far... and as you mentioned, i have run across a few sites that don't allow + in the email address field... so ya, thanks. :)
On 7/26/06, Tanner Lovelace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/26/06, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Woo-hoo to self-replying.. Anyway, if anyone else wishes to perform > such silliness, here's what I came up with to accomplish my goal. > > There aren't really wildcards in /etc/aliases (that I could find), but > according to the aliases manpage: "...When alias database search fails, > and the recipient localpart contains the optional recipient delimiter > (e.g., user+foo), the search is repeated for the unextended address > (e.g., user)." > > So, I changed my scheme to "unsub+nnnn" and aliased "unsub", with > positive results. Note, btw, that dash "-" is the default recipient delimiter for qmail and on postfix it is configurable. Personally, I prefer using - as the recipient delimiter because a lot of sites on the net disallow pluses "+" in their e-mail input fields but they all allow dashes. Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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