>From the qmail server's point of view, it's outgoing mail. The message
comes in from outside, sits in the queue for a few hundred milliseconds,
then it needs to know where to send it, either local or remote. If it
finds a smtproute (to the MS server) for the destination, it sends it
there...
Eric
Michael Hinds wrote:
>
> I'm still struggling. According to
> http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/1998/10/msg00119.ht
> ml, smtproutes is only for outgoing mail. I want to redirect incoming
> mail, presumably using virtualdomains?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JuanE [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 3:24 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Domain forwarding
> >
> >
> > This sounds to me like a job for smtproutes.
> >
> > JES
> >
> > Michael Hinds writes:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Our company has always used MS-Exchange for internet e-mail, but we
> > are
> > > trying to add a Linux/qmail server to the configuration.
> > > We're currently using a Raptor firewall to route all SMTP
> > transmissions
> > > to the MS box. For the sake of example, we'll call our original
> > domain
> > > first.com.
> > >
> > > What we want to do is host a separate domain on the qmail server
> > (say,
> > > second.com). The problem is, our firewall can't decide where mail is
> > > destined for, it can only recognise the protocol. So we either have
> > to
> > > route all mail to qmail and make qmail accept mail for second.com
> > and
> > > forward all first.com mail to the MS server, or route all mail to
> > the MS
> > > server and make that accept mail for first.com and forward all
> > > second.com mail to qmail.
> > >
> > > The first option would be preferrable, but by now I'm willing to try
> > > anything. I'm having trouble finding any concrete examples or
> > documents
> > > describing how to do this. I've found lots of ways to forward mail
> > for
> > > particular e-mail addresses, but not for whole domains. I don't want
> > to
> > > set up users on the qmail server for all the e-mail users on the MS
> > box.
> > >
> > > I've installed fastforward, but the documentation is skimpy! It
> > points
> > > me to the aliases docs, which don't appear to tell me how to do this
> > > either.
> > >
> > > Somebody, please, point me in the right direction!
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > >
> > > Michael Hinds
> > >
> >
> >
