[plug] redirecting e-mail

Fri Oct 13 15:51:37 WST 2006

Could they be a virtual user, and their data/settings are stored in an SQL db,
eg. mysql/postgres?
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Quoting Jon  Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au>:

> Not in neither file. Strange in that the user has a account as they are able
> to send and receive e-mail, but I cannot find their folder to make changes 
> I'm going to add the information in the alias file to see if redirection
> takes place.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jon
> 
> >>> adrian at creative.net.au 3:03:04 pm 13/10/2006 >>>
> Check out /etc/aliases and/or /etc/mail/aliases 
> 
> Your MTA will need to be told that the aliases file has been updated after
> you've changed it.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006, Jon Miller wrote:
> > I've got a situation where I need to redirect a users e-mail to another
> users mailbox. Normally this would have be done by putting a .forward file in
> the users /home/username folder. In this case there is no /home/username
> folder for the user yet they have been getting and receiving mail. My
> question is how would I go about redirecting the users e-mail and where would
> I find the users mailbox on a postfix/linux system. I can see the user
> mailbox in /var/spool/mail.
> >
> > Thanks
> 
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> > users mailbox.  Normally this would have be done by putting a .forward
> file 
> > in the users /home/username folder.  In this case there is no 
> > /home/username folder for the user yet they have been getting and receiving
> 
> > mail.  My question is how would I go about redirecting the users
> e-mail and 
> > where would I find the users mailbox on a postfix/linux system.  I can
> see 
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