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Sendmail: configure for receiving mail

Asked by: thover

Hi,

I recently installed SuSe Linux 6.4 and I have my own domain attached to this server. Now I want to configure sendmail (or anything else) such that all e-mail received at this domainname (user@domain with user being anything at all) will be forwarded to another e-mail address outside this domain.

Thanks in advance for your reply!
Thomas.

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2000-10-31 at 05:32:21ID11711361
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by: akehPosted on 2000-11-03 at 06:04:23ID: 5075283

You can fo this by adding an alias for every user in /etc/aliases (or /etc/mail/aliases, I'm not sure what the path is in SuSe):
user: user@other_domain

 

by: NisusPosted on 2000-11-04 at 19:16:13ID: 5101020

You need to create a rule like this:

@yourdomain.com @othercompany.com

An example is available from:

http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html

 

by: samriPosted on 2000-11-11 at 01:56:47ID: 5257040

thover,

another option is to point the MX entries for you domain to the other mail server

yourdomain.com in mx 10 mail.otherdom.com

However, the server mai.otherdom.com must be configured to receive addressed to yourdom.com

good luck.

 

by: NisusPosted on 2001-01-09 at 06:52:52ID: 95680

Sounds like you want something like EmailDiversion.  If you want all emails @yourdomain.com to point to fixed_email@otherdomain.com then your virtusertable source file can contain the following line:

@yourdomain.com          fixed_email@otherdomain.com

Make the map:

makemap dbm /etc/mail/virtusertable < sourcefile

Restart sendmail.

More detailed info from http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html

"
Create the virtual user table. This is explained in detail in section 19.6.28 of the sendmail book; an overview is given here. The table is a database that maps virtual addresses into real addresses. You create a text file where each line has a key/value pair, separated by a TAB. For example:

joe@yourdomain.com     jschmoe
bogus@yourdomain.com     error:nouser No such user here
list@yourdomain.com     yourdomain-list
@yourdomain.com          %1@othercompany.com

"

 

by: nadimintiPosted on 2001-04-04 at 01:13:42ID: 5985211

You can also use .forward
The problem with this feature is that you need to keep in the home directory of every user you have created.
The advantage is that you can selectively select people
good luck

 

by: astaecPosted on 2001-05-24 at 21:02:53ID: 6119456

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