to me at least, it only makes sense to do this on a per domain basis, and at that level its trivial, its a DNS config
Aine. On 11/14/06, Ray Collazo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings! > > I am in process of configuring a brand-new Courier-MTA. My old server, > running Qmail, is currently overwhelmed, but is still in use. > > I am working on moving my users from having their mailboxes on the old > server to the new server. > > When I had everyone on the one machine, they could all easily e-mail each > other. > > So far I have found it easy to forward mail for individual users who have > been migrated from the old server to the new one. > > However: I am currently having difficulty trying to find out how to tell > Courier to forward mail destined for Unknown Local users back to the old > server, instead of flat out saying "User Unknown" and rejecting the mail. > > I need to do this to allow those users whom have had their mailboxes moved > from the old system onto the new one still be able to communicate with those > users whom are still on the old server. > > To Illustrate: > > The New server, which handles foobar.com, has the new mailboxes for users > Jax, Steve, and Mary. The Old server, which Also handles foobar.com, still > has accounts for Jax, Steve, Mary, and also the unmigrated users Joe, > Richard, Kyle, James, and Bill. The Old server is simply forwarding messages > destined for Jax, Steve, and Mary to their respective mailboxes on the new > server via a .forward file that is set into their account upon migration. > Because of this, Richard can still easily send Jax a message as the old > server will just send the message along to the new server. However, because > the unmigrated users do not yet have an account on the new server, if Jax > attempts to respond to Richard, he is Immediately greeted with a "User > Unknown" error as, rightfully, the user does not yet exist on the new > machine. > > Thus, I am looking for a way to tell Courier that, If it cannot find the > specified user on This New machine, to please forward it to the old server. > > Otherwise I'm looking at being forced to create mailboxes on the new server > and an appropriate .forward file for everyone all in one go before I can > even attempt to start migrating people. > > Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated! > > Ray > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
