thanks to all who replied.. would try the 2nd solution.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bopolissimus Platypus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [plug] postfix .forward
> On Saturday 30 August 2003 11:16, Ako Ito wrote: > > how can i configure postfix to just forward any incoming emails to another > > domain.. > > vi /etc/postfix/aliases > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---forward ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > add the line: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > exit the editor and run newaliases (this is how i did it in sendmail, so > this is how i do it in postfix, the sendmail drop in replacement :). > > you can specify multiple destination (right hand side) addresses, just > separate them with a space (not sure, but maybe comma works too). > > unfortunately: > > > can it also be configured that for specific users.. an email would also be > > stored to an example.com mailbox and be accessed by pop/imap and still > > forward a copy of the email to the example.ph domain? > > in this case, alias doesn't work because i don't think it can keep a copy for > itself, it just always forwards to the aliases. a workaround would be to > forward to a new emailaddress, e.g., [EMAIL PROTECTED] but that's not > nice since you create a lot of new names and pollute the namespace. > better would be jopoy's .forward solution. in /home/ako you create the > .forward file and put this in there: > > \ako > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > the first line says send a copy to yourself and keep it in your mailbox. the > second line forwards to the other address. be careful about mail loops. you > can bring down mail servers with this if you have two addresses that forward > to each other (well, if they're not configured to handle loops correctly). > > tiger > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo gquimpo*hotmail.com tiger*sni*ph > http://bopolissimus.sni.ph > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" > > Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. > "Brook's Law" > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
