Anand Buddhdev wrote: Thank you Anan > On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 06:42:04AM +0000, Franck PORCHER wrote: > > I understand your question like this: > > You want qmail to handle all local deliveries for mycompany.pf, with > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> being an exception. > > Solution: Make sure you don't have a user account called "jean" on your > qmail server. That's done > Then put the address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in > "~alias/.qmail-jean", so qmail will forward mail for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Nope. Jean only uses "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", an my ISP only knows this address. The msg should leave qmail with its address for jean UNCHANGED, and be delivered to my ISP as is, I.E "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". THAT's the problem! > I'm assuming that your ISP will also accept mail for > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and be able to put it into jean's POP mailbox. Jean can > use his/her existing address, and everyone's happy. > > This should work, but if it doesn't, we'll try and look for another > solution. Remember to address further queries not only to me, but to the > list too, because other cleverer people may have a better solution. > > > I'm back with my (unsolved) problem. It's clear from the answers I got > > that I have failed in making myself understood. Mea culpa. > > > > I will (re)state the context : > > - My (very little) company has its own domain name, say "mycompany.pf" > > (polyn�sie fran�aise) > > - My company receives its inbound mail (from the Internet) thru 2 > > ISP-based POP mailboxes : > > One is set-up to receive mail ONLY to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (single > > drop POP mailbox), > > while the other one (the company's mailbox) is set up to receive all > > the other mail to "mycompany.pf", such as "[EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the like (multi drop POP mailbox). > > - When jean wants to read his mail, > > he simply dials the ISP, connects to the ISP pop server and > > retrieves whatever message is in > > his mailbox. > > - When I want to retrieve my company's mail, I do exactly the same, but > > with the second POP mailbox. > > - When jean or I want to send mail, we simply use our MUA (such as > > Netscape messenger) which is set up > > to deliver outbound mail to our ISP mail relay, so jean and I can > > exchange mail thru those ISP-based mailboxes > > by using one anothers email address (Jean and I belong to the same > > company, but work from different > > locations) > > - So far, so good ... > > - Now, things have evolved on my side. I have setup a qmail server on my > > LAN, and the > > different computers on the LAN are now set up to have their MUA talk to > > the qmail server (no longer the ISP mail server), > > both to lookup their imap mailbox > > and to deliver outbound messages. The current qmail configuration ( > > relay-agent + "mycompany.pf" in locals) allows > > my local co-workers to exchange mail and to send mail to the Internet. > > But we can NO LONGER send mail to jean' ISP-based Pop > > mailbox using the address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Indeed, since > > "mycompany.pf" is in "locals", qmail wants to deliver it > > locally. THAT IS MY PROBLEM. You would say "well, open another account > > with your ISP and get an address for jean > > that would be outside the domain "mycompany.pf". THATS MY SECOND PROBLEM > > : Jean wants to keep "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > Indeed, he has lots of customers and friends who are already using this > > address, so he does not want to change nor to use a second one!!! > > (you can see : Jean is being very difficult and does not care much that > > I have tried to set up > > something new for the sake of my company's health. He says "it used to > > work, so make it > > work with your new setup..." well thats easy to say!). > > > > So, how do I do it ? (so the coworkers on my LAN and I will still use > > the address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to drop messages in jean remote > > ISP-based > > pop mailbox) > > > > I hope I have been more clear this time. > > > > Franck > > > > Content-Description: Card for Franck PORCHER > > -- > See complete headers for more info
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