The easiest solution?

Move all your mail services OFF the Mac and onto the Linux box. Set the
Linux box to be the Mail server for the domain (by changing the MX
record).

Other solutions are more involved.

"Joshua S. Freeman" wrote:
> 
> OK.. now that we've got pop working on 199.232.38.4 (a linux box known as
> monica.threeofus.com and aliased as pop3.threeofus.com) it seems the
> following scenario pertains:
> 
> all mail for *.threeofus.com is being spooled on the machine that handles
> DNS for .threeofus.com... that's 199.232.38.2, aka joshua.threeofus.com
> and aliased as mail.threeofus.com and pop.threeofus.com...
> 
> the problem is that mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] is bouncing UNLESS
> that username exists in the accounts list on the mail server on the mac
> (199.232.38.2)... i have a bunch of users who only read their mail using
> pine on the linux box, 199.232.38.4...
> 
> basically, here's what i'd like to set up:
> 
> dns for threeofus.com should be served by macDNS on the mac at
> 199.232.38.2
> 
> I want smtp for client users (non-*nix clients) to use mail.threeofus.com,
> aka 199.232.38.2 (Eudora Internet Mail Server)... there's no way to turn
> off pop service with EIMS, so even though pop service will be ON on
> 199.232.38.2 (the mac, aka, pop..threeofus.com), I want ALL pop
> activity/incoming mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be spooled on the
> linux box, 199.232.38.4 aka pop3.threeofus.com so that:
> 
> a) nothing bounces
> b) both pine users and remote client users can get their mail for their
> account @threeofus.com
> 
> PLEASE HELP ME UNTANGLE/CONFIGURE THIS MESS!
> 
> Thanks!  ;-)
>

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