Numeric email address in aliases file

From: Smith, Mike R. <smithmr_at_Bowater.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:22:30 -0400

>From time to time the application guys have me add email addresses to
the /var/adm/sendmail/aliases file so that the application on my Tru64
4.0d system can send emails to external partners. This has worked fine
up until about a week ago. The entry that he had me add was numeric.
The email is getting a delivery failure back from outlook. I looked in
the help for aliases and searched the database. Is this a known issue
that you can't do this?
 
 
The following works
 
johnsmith_at_mynode:johndoe_at_isp.com this email is sent sucessfully to
johndoe_at_isp.com
 
The entry i just added which does not work
 
123456_at_mynode:jasondoe_at_isp.com
 
This does not work. The application guy said he can change the name and
maybe put a letter on the front but we would like to know why this
fails.
 
Received on Mon Oct 15 2001 - 14:23:41 NZDT

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