Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:54:19 -0000 From: "Danny Horne" <danny@clifftop.net> To: "Lord Raiden" <raiden23@netzero.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: mail aliasing/forwards Message-ID: <AAECJADGHMJFJLKCHNJDCEBFCDAA.danny@clifftop.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020222143934.00981440@pop.netzero.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Lord Raiden > Sent: Friday 22 February 2002 7:53pm > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: mail aliasing/forwards > > > (sigh) Users these days. These guys are keeping me on my > feet. Ok, > here's my dilemma. I've got a user who wants all of their mail that goes > into account 1 to automatically forward to two other accounts. So, for > example, if someone send mail to "user1@domain.com" the email is > delivered > to "user1@domain.com" as well as "user2@otherdomain.com" and > "user3@yetanotherdomain.com". > > The part that worries me is if this will cause an infinite > loop in the > mail system, which I want to avoid with a passion. Is this > possible to do, > and if so, how? I've looked at the mail aliases file and I don't see > anything that resembles what I'm trying to do. I'm guessing that to send > it to more than one person you would put either commas or semi colons > between each of the addresses. But like I said, before I screwed > anything > up I wanted to find out the correct way to do this first. Thanks. > If you're using Sendmail create a .forward file in user1's home directory & enter all three email addresses on seperate lines, that should do it without causing a loop. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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