Hi, Joe! Thanks for your help. Both problems are happily resolved :)
> >Questions: > >1. How should I redirect user's mails: > >For example I want mail to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] to be redirected to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >because there are actually no user on linuxbox.domainname > > > Put: > smartuser: > driver=smartuser; > new_user="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > in your /etc/smail/directors file. In fact, you're in luck. You are right! Once I sorted out problems you mentioned in next paragraph, then mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] went to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps because of visible_name. > The current > "smailconfig" that comes with the smail package does this (and only this) > automatically if you choose option "1 - A machine connected to the internet" Yes, that's what what I chosen. > (This used to set the machine up as a bona fide mail server, they seem to > have taken that out and replaced it with a setup that does nothing but > shuffle all incoming messages to some other machine.... who's idea was > THAT?!?!?!). > > Anyway... it *sounds* like you're having a problem with users sending mail > from your xterms cluster and their return address indicating that actual > machine. If that's the problem you're trying to deal with, you're better off > nipping it in the bud. I know that there's a way to customize the hostname > that appears in the return address. It might be the "visible_name" parameter > in the /etc/smail/config file, but I doubt it. I think it's /etc/mailname. > However, if anyone uses pine or something, pine might have stored this value > in the user's .pinerc file... so changing /etc/mailname wouldn't change the > address that appears in their outgoing mail. > Right, that was exactly the problem. I set both files to have domainname.com in them > Experiment. Good luck. > > >2. I would like to redirect [EMAIL PROTECTED] email specifically to my > >account > on > >another computer. > > > put something like.... > aliases: > driver=aliasfile, owner=postmaster, sender_okay; > file=/etc/aliases, proto=lsearch, > modemask=002, owners=root:mail:daemon, owngroups=root:mail:daemon Was glad to see that it's actually organised this way. A least in slink. > > in your directors file BEFORE the entries that say "user:" and "realuser:" > (if they're even there). Then, make an alias for root in your /etc/aliases > file. > Yes I did that, and mail happily arrive on my account on different computer. > Alternatively, you can put > dotforward: > driver=forwardfile, owner=postmaster, nobody, sender_okay; > file=~/.forward, > checkowner, modemask=022, owners=root, > unsecure=0-99:~ftp:~uucp:/tmp:/var/tmp, > > in the directors file before any "user:" or "realuser:" entry and then just > make a .forward file in root's home dir. > Did not try that. But will keep in mind. Thanks again, Sasha.
