Ok,
I am using exim 4.10, and I am happy to upgrade to the lastest if required.
This smtp server is serving about 5 different domains.
Most of the uses have no real understanding on how to use computers (read:
family), hence I do not want to give them logins on my computer.
All the MailDirs exit under /opt/services/<domain>/<local_part> on the
file system.
I have this in my exim.conf for the redirects, however I basically copied
it off the manual.
I am not sure of a way for the users to easily modify their .forward files
yet, so I have no preference to use .forward files in the MailDirs or a
single file in (eg. /etc/mailforwards).
For the moment, I imagine I will manually update the forwards, but in the
future, if there is a way to make this functionality available to the
users, then I will try and get that working.
Thanks again,
Daniel
> 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
>
>
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