matt chipman writes:
we are migrating a customers mail server (courier) to new hardware and a new country and want to migrate the users over gradually which means keeping the original server running until all users are receiving mail on the new server.On the current server we are using virtual accounts (LDAP). As each user gets migrated, We want to put a .forward file in the users $HOME dir to redirect or copy any new mail they receive on the original server to their maildir on the new server. Once all the users are setup like this, we can change the DNS name to reflect the new IP address and disable the old server. what should we put in the .forward file in the users home dir to redirect the mail? or are there any other suggestions?
Courier does not use .forward by default. For all practical matters, the .courier file performs the equivalent function. In your case, putting the destination email address is sufficient.
However, even better is to simply use the alias file for this. Put mailbox: [EMAIL PROTECTED]into the alias file, then run makealiases. This will be more efficient. A message addressed to multiple recipients will get forwarded as a single message, instead of an individual copy for each recipient.
In all cases, the new server should have some things turned off, like SPF checking, which will not work while the forward is in place.
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