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ETRN is used to tell a mail server to start
spooling mail that has been queued for 'domain.name'. If the mail servers
DNS is set up properly, it will use SMTP to deliver the mail the the SMTP server
specified by the MX records.
Since you indicated that the you are taking over the mail
service, I would assume that all of the clients mail has already been dropped to
one or more POP accounts. If this is the case, ETRN is of no value to
you.
<oops> Maybe I did not phrase my question correctly
</oops>
The only thing I need to transfer IS mail that is still
queued. Make more since now? Will ETRN do it, and how does it
know which domain to stick it on in imail?
-John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:11
AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] ETRN to
retrieve mail
I am not sure ETRN is going to do what you want.
ETRN is for retrieving mail from an SMTP server that has not yet
delivered that mail to a user (still queued). I think you may want
to set up IMAP clients and let the users pull their mail from account A
to account B before shutting off service with account A. Make
sense?
-V
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999
9:34 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] ETRN to
retrieve mail
I have a new customer that I will be doing mail
for with imail. I need to find out what the best way is to
transfer all the mail from their current server to imail. I
have read about the ETRN command, does anyone have anything
good or bad to say about this method? Is there any easier
way? I already have multiple domains setup on my imail server,
how does imail know which domain to transfer the mail to? I
already have the domain setup in imail and have created all the
users. Any input is appreciated...
-John
Calhoun
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