[TriLUG] wildcards in /etc/aliases

[Brian Henning]

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.

~B

Brian Henning wrote:
> Hi Gang!
>   Can anyone tell me if wildcards are possible in /etc/aliases?  Or a 
> better way to achieve unsub-nnnn at mydomain.com being a valid recipient, 
> where nnnn is a number of one to six digits.  Without having to 
> completely re-roll my mail setup (sendmail on FC3)...
> 
> Cheers,
> ~Brian
> 

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