[plug] Mail questions

[Michael Hunt]

> > 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

So most likely the sendmail.cf file is based on an earlier version of
sendmail. Is this going to make a difference to me being able to route mail.

By the way, how does ones make sendmail act as a forwarding server only
(i.e. smtp request for domains other than local are sent to the ISP's smtp
server).
> >
> > 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
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
> Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.
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