Followup: Group aliases for sendmail

From: Erik Sundermann <erik_at_petaxp.rug.ac.be>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 19:08:38 +0100

A few minutes ago, I wrote ...

> However, when I create a file /usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list
> (containing user1, user2 & user3 on separate lines) and add the
> following line to /usr/var/adm/sendmail/aliases,
>
> > our_group: ":include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list"
>
> I get the following error from our mail-daemon (mserv.rug.ac.be)
>
> > ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > While talking to mserv.rug.ac.be:
> > >>> RCPT To:<":include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list">
> > <<< 550 <":include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list">... User unknown
> > 550 ":include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list"... User unknown

A number of people have suggested removing the quotes.

When I change the line in the aliases file to

> our_group: :include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list

the error from the mail-daemon now looks like ...

> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> While talking to mserv.rug.ac.be:
> >>> RCPT To:<:include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list>
> <<< 554 <:include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/our_group.list>... Cannot mail
> directly to :include:s
> 554 :include:/usr/var/adm/sendmail/groepje.list... Service unavailable

It's no longer a 'User unknown', it's become a 'Service unavailable',
but still no mails to the group ... And why does he say
> Cannot mail directly to :include:s
Where does het get this ':include:s' from ?

Any more suggestions ?

Erik

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