And in case any are using qmail, the equivalent is a file called .qmail in
the user's home directory containing a line such as
&[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter
At 11:35 16/01/2001 -0500, Theresa M Peter wrote:
>NO NO NO.
>
>You do not want to do this through sendmail's aliases file. You want to
>create a .forward file in the users home directory.
>
>Here are the problems with doing this in the alias file.
>
>1.) You only want root editing that file and you don't want everyone that
>is trying to forward their mail to a new address contacting the sys
>admin (at least I do not want to be contacted by my users to do this for
>them!!!!) The more self service oriented you make things the more they are
>going to be used.
>2.) Too many aliases listed in the file will cause problems
>3.) Each time the alias file gets changed it will need to be rebuilt, the
>more aliases you have the longer it takes. (We separate our aliases out
>into several different files and then rebuilt the alias file nightly from
>those files, keeps things a little more organized)
>
>It is much easier to have users create .forward files in their home
>directories. Do users have shell access to directory? We have created a
>web form that allows users to authenticate and then create their forward
>file. It will then send a test message. If they do not receive the test
>message within 10 min then they need to retry setting up their forward or
>calling our helpdesk for support.
>
>At 12:08 PM 1/15/01 +0100, Jörg Bretschneider wrote:
>>At 11:02 15.01.01 +0100, you wrote:
>>>I want to have mail, that comes in to a user on my mailserver
>>>to be automatically forwarded to another mailadress.
>>>how do i do this?
>>>i suspect that this is a sendmail matter, but im trying this
>>>list first.
>>>thanks
>>>/PJ
>>
>>You're right, this is a sendmail thing. You should use the sendmail
>>aliases file and define the local address of your user as an alias for his
>>other address. The syntax is
>> localusername : remoteaddress
>>the file "aliases" usually resides in "/etc/mail". Don't forget to re-read
>>the aliases file into the sendmail aliases database "aliases.db", usually
>>done by giving
>> $> newaliases
>>an the prompt, which is an shell synonym for
>> $> sendmail -bi
>>Bye
>>
>>Joerg
>>
>> Joerg Bretschneider
>> Mathematician
>>
>> HP-UX + SAMBA system administrator
>> Technical University of Dresden, Civil Engineering
>> Chair of Applied Informatics in CE
>> mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joerg Bretschneider
>> Mathematician
>>
>> HP-UX + SAMBA system administrator
>> Technical University of Dresden, Civil Engineering
>> Chair of Applied Informatics in CE
>> mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
