/usr/bin/perl -e 'chdir("/var/qmail/alias")or
die;chmod(03755,".");opendir(D,".");while($_=readdir(D)){next
unless/^\.qmail/;unlink($_);}closedir(D);while(<>){chomp;next unless/ >
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> Big Brother tells me that Anand Buddhdev said:
> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 04:11:18PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Now, mail stays local. Since I no longer have recipientmap, I
> > > wonder what the solution is. One solution is to put qmail.org into
> > > mail.chicago.qmail.org's virtualdomains file. Then I can create
> > > aliases for all of the local users. The problem is that I must also
> > > create aliases for EVERY qmail.org user, so that anyone not on the
> > > local machine has their mail sent to the main server. This would be
> > > a pain to administer, especially when there are dozens of local offices.
> >
> > recipientmap was a feature of qmail 1.01, and was withdrawn in qmail
> > 1.02 and above. The functionality of recipientmap is now incorporated
> > into virtualdomains. Read the qmail-send man page more carefully, and
> > you'll find your solution. Basically you're on the right track, but
> > you've missed something.
>
> Not exactly. If you put something like:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:example
>
> into virtualdomains, it will convert the address to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> and treat it as local. I would then have to create an alias file for each
> user. This is considerably more complicated than just putting a line into
> a recipientmap file.
> The trick is that the application I need this for is a company with
> dozens of offices all over the country. I want to have a central mail
> server, and then a mail server in each office. By using recipientmap,
> I can create a single file on the main server:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Now, all mail from the outside world coming in for qmail.org gets
> resent to the appropriate office's mail server. By maintaining this
> one master list on the main server, updates are easy: Whenever a user
> is added, removed, or even changes offices, all that is necessary is
> that this recipientmap file gets copied to all mail servers. With an
> exact copy of this file in chicago, for example, if charles sends email
> to cheryl, it stays local. If charles sends email to allan, it gets
> sent directly to the atlanta server, without having to go through the
> main server.
> This is considerably more complicated if I have to use virtualdomains
> with aliases. I can create a file recipientmap as above, and then write
> a script that converts its data to a virtualdomains file and a bunch of
> aliases. However, this script has to account for removed users (that are
> no longer in the file) by removing old entries and .qmail files.
>
> Is there a patch anywhere where I can restore the recipientmap file?
> It should only be less than a dozen lines, I would think, so perhaps I
> could write one...
>
> - --
> Jack McKinney
> The Lorentz Group http://www.lorentz.com
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