Re: [Exim] Email forwarding with virtual users

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Daniel Cooper wrote:

> Hi guys,
> How would I get exim to preform the same function as a .forward file, when
> the mail accounts are virtual users, which do not have a homedir on the
> system.
>
> Every mail account has a maildir /opt/services/vmail/<domain>/<local_part>
> Is there a way I can get exim to look there for the .forward file?

Yes

> Alternativly I am happy with having a file eg. /etc/mailforward which
> would map say: foo@??? -> bar@???

Possible too.

> What is the best way to get this done?

Both ways are fine, but what's the best depends on your configuration, and
which possibilities you want to give to your users.

You'll have to tell us your eximversion, if you want some samples. Exim3
and Exim4 are very different.

ciao