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qfAA25676: line 5: pal... sending to login name q137p

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From: Chris Ritson
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 17:45
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I have a possible sendmail bug (or feature) in what I beleive to be an
old sendmail5.61 with IDA.

A  user  sends  mail  to an unqualified name, assuming that it will be
delivered on the local host.  The name "pal" does not exist as a login
name, but does match part of a (different) user's GECOS  field.   This
is the output of "grep -i pal /etc/passwd", and shows what I mean.

   npal:*************:105:100:Pete Lee:/user4/staff/npal:/bin/csh
   q137p:*************:2032:2000:M.J. Palmer:/user3/mscdip/q137p:/shells/hupsh

Part  way  through  the processing of queue file, after using rulesets
3,0,2,R,4 on the "To" field from the SMTP envelope, I get:-

   qfAA25676: line 5: pal... sending to login name q137p

(The  config  file  came from UK-snedmail-1.4, but has been modified a
little since then).  Does anyone recognise this as a bug  or  feature,
how  do I switch it off, or can't I?  It looks to me like some sort of
compile option that I need to set differently.

Chris.
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