Re: [9fans] upas aliases

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> I don't think there's a software bug here.
> The system is behaving exactly as you configured it to:
> it can expand the alias but not deliver the mail.

i don't think there's a bug either.  i had intended the original
email to be an illustration of what not to do and why.

it is a little bit problematic, however, when smtp ping
believes that successful alias expantion is the same thing
as deliverability.  send does take the edge off by checking
that /mail/box/$boxname exists.

the orginal problem i was looking at was the fact that
smtp ping was succeeding for unwritable mail boxes.
i had thought that removing the write bits would disable
a mail box.

it seems like it would be better if send -x would finish the
job and verifiy deliverability or just expand aliases and
leave the question of deliverability to someone else.

- erik