Re: [cpx] Removing catchall virtmap

[Art Zemon <art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jared Betteridge wrote:

> Art Zemon wrote:
>
> > I have a VPS with Mailman installed. Mailman creates aliases so a 
> > catchall virtmap gets in the way. CPX doesn't seem at all upset that 
> > I have deleted the catchall. Have I laid a landmine that is waiting 
> > to bite me?
>
>
> Possibly. CPX may try to automatically create the catchall again.  For 
> example, I believe this happens if you go to the properties for this 
> domain, click Edit, and then Save.  You might be better off leaving 
> the catchall there, and then creating the necessary virtmaps to allow 
> the mailman aliases to work. 

Jared,

Please consider this a very strong request to fix CPX so that it avoids 
recreating the catchall. There are many legitimate reasons to run 
without one. Here are two.

First, I have a number of VPSs that are single customer servers. These 
customers have multiple domains and *want* all email addresses to work 
in all domains. E.g., if I define sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and also add the 
domain hensteeth.net to the VPS, I want sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to work.

Second, I have a number of VPSs that are used to run Mailman which 
creates 10 email aliases per mailing list. One of my clients actually 
runs >400 mailing lists! Clearly, he doesn't want to manually maintain 
virtmaps, too.

Thanks,
   -- Art Z.

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