[plug] Mail questions

[John Summerfield]

> Hiya all,
> 
> Some questions on e-mail.
> 
> 1. I have installed the Cyrus IMAP mail server and it has installed a
> reconfigured deliver to Cyrus sendmail.cf file. This version of the
> sendmail.cf file requires the following files:
> 
> 	/etc/mail/ip_allow
> 	/etc/mail/name_allow
> 	/etc/mail/relay_allow

Those are obsolete with sendmail 8.9

> 
> which obviously handle mail forwarding rules. To get sendmail to forward I
> created these files (my version of RedHat 6.0 didn't have these files).
> Unfortunately I don't have any doco on the format of these files and
> wondering if some one with a bit more sendmail knowledge can give me a
> sample or example of what gets put into these files.
> 
> 2. I also plan to use fetchmail to deliver to:
> 
> 	one_common_account at mydomain,
> 	and whoever_the_mail_is_addressed_to at mydomain.
> 
> If the account doesn't exist (i.e. the second one) then the message will be
> dropped (i.e. I want a copy in the common mailbox but not in the other mail
> accounts because they don't exist). The fetchmail doco talks about something
> called a multidrop but I was just wondering if anyone had any more
> experience about multidrop


Multidrop's for virtual domains (michaelhunt.usa.net) folded into a 
mailbox (Michael.J.Hunt at usa.net).

The fetchmail docs are quite good; if you have any remaining problems the 
best thing's to enrol yourself in the fetchmail-friends list. Do read the 
FAQ - if you ask a question that's answered there, ESR will be quite terse 
and refer you to the FAQ number.


fetchmail hands incoming mail to your local smtp service; if the account 
does not exist, sendmail will generate a bounce. Consider, instead, 
delivering incoming mail to a single account and using procmail filters to 
sort it out.
-- 
Cheers
John Summerfield
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