Re: [Exim] Alias Files

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Alias Files
Sujit Choudhury rearranged electrons thusly:

> The problem is how best to have alias files which would direct the Staff
> E-mail (in the form of I.Surname@???) to the staff server. Staff will
> not have accounts on the mail hub - so all the forwarding will have to be
> done in the config file.


You could allot them I.Surname@??? - and alias / rewrite that as
unl.ac.uk when staff send out mails.

> Can I use LDAP to do this? How efficient will it be? Also if I use
> /etc/aliases file or something like that will it work? I would appreciate
> any input on this.


LDAP is great for a centralized user database. Go see http://www.padl.com for
LDAP config examples.

    -s