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From: ecf_hap@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Andrew Poling)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: Dealing with Subdomains
Summary: Ruleset 4
Message-ID: <3541@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 6 Dec 89 17:57:26 GMT
References: <5565@ncar.ucar.edu>
Reply-To: andy@gollum.hcf.jhu.edu (Andy Poling)
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In article <5565@ncar.ucar.edu> woods@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) writes:
[...]
>By adding this rule in ruleset 3
>
>R$+<@$+>$*	$1<@$[$2$]>$3
>
>the mail will get there. The problem is that the To: line still reads like
>To: user@host.sub (i.e., it doesn't get properly canonicalized). This is all
>well and good unless a message is sent with this kind of address and is also
>sent to someone outside our domain. If that outside person tries to reply
>to all recipients, the original user@host.sub cannot be resolved and the 
>message bounces. What I *really* don't understand about this is that if
>I run sendmail in address test mode, and pass it through rulesets 2,R,4
>(which are supposed to process the To: line), it DOES get properly changed
>into user@host.sub.ucar.edu since ruleset 3 is always called first.
[...]
>Anybody have any idea what I am missing or overlooking? I've been working on
>this for several days and have not been able to solve this problem.

Why not put this rule in ruleset 4 too.  That way, every To: and From:
address should be properly canonicalized.  That's what ruleset 4 is for - to
put addresses in external form (i.e. canonicalized).

Hope this helps,

-Andy

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